Levi Strauss
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Most Influential Person Across History
German-Jewish-born American businessman
Why Is Levi Strauss Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Levi Strauss was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. Early life Levi Strauss was born to a Jewish family in Buttenheim on February 26, 1829, in the Franconia region of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Confederation. He was the son of Hirsch Strauss and his second wife Rebecca Strauss .
