User:Sam/Jews in the history of business
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Jews figure prominently in the history of business.[1]
United States
[edit]Sephardic Jews were active cross-Atlantic trade during the colonial era.[1] Jews were also prominent in the early years of Hollywood[1]
List
[edit]Following is a partial list of notable people who are relevant to the history of Jews in business.
Notable Jewish businesspeople
[edit]United States
[edit]Finance
[edit]- Henry Bloch and Richard Bloch, founders of H&R Block.
- Marcus Goldman, founder of Goldman SachsSpiro, Leah Nathans (1997-12-22). "INSIDE THE MONEY MACHINE–In a big-is-all business, Goldman vows to go it alone". BusinessWeek. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
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- Haym Solomon, financier of the American Revolutionary War.[2]
Media and Entertainment
[edit]- Walter Annenberg[3] [4]
- Bennett Cerf, founder of Random House.[1]
- Oscar Deutsch, founder of Odeon Cinemas."Variety Club - Jewish Chronicle colour supplement "350 years"". The Jewish Chronicle. 2006-12-15. pp. 28–29.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)</ref> - Alfred A. Knopf, founder of Alfred A. Knopf.[1]
- Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures.[1]
- Louis B. Mayer, film producer and founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1]
- David Sarnoff, founder of RCA.[1]
- Richard L. Simon, founder of Simon & Schuster.[1]
- Roger W. Straus, Jr., founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[1]
- Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount Pictures.</ref name=cca/>
Trade and retailing
[edit]- Lyman G. Bloomingdale and Joseph B. Bloomingdale, founders of Bloomingdale's[1]
- Leo Castelli, art dealer for American modern art.[1]
- Sidney Janis, art dealer, primarily abstract expressionism.[1]
- Aaron Lopez, prominent merchant in Newport, Rhode Island[1]
- Frederick August Otto Schwarz, founder of FAO Schwartz[1]
Manufacturing, fashion, and design
[edit]- Estée Lauder, founder of Estée Lauder Companies.[1]
- Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz) founder of Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.[1][5]
- Levi Strauss, founder of Levi Strauss & Co..[1][6]
- Max Factor, Sr., cosmetition who started Max Factor.[1]
- Ruth Handler, inventor of Barbie Doll and co-founder of Mattel.[1]
- Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, founders of Hasbro.[1]
- Morris Michtom, inventor of teddy bear and founder of Ideal Toy Company.[1]
- Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, figured in the Quiz show scandals.[1]
- Ida Rosenthal, inventor of the brassiere and founder of Maiden Form.[7][8]
- Helena Rubinstein, founder of Helena Rubinstein, Inc. cosmetic line, one of world's richest women in her era.[1]
Services
[edit]- Edward Bernays, founded field of public relations.[1]
- Pritzker family of Hyatt Hotels
Business executives
[edit]- Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears.[1]
- Irving S. Shapiro, CEO of Du Pont.[1]
- Gerard Swope, President of General Electric from 1922 to 1940.[1]
- Sidney Weinberg, CEO of Goldman Sachs
Miscellaneous, other, general
[edit]Europe
[edit]- House of Camondo
- Court Jews
- Joseph Duveen, art dealer.[1]
- Joel family.
- Paul Rosenberg, art dealer.[1]
- Rothschild family.
- Warburg family.
- Daniel Wildenstein, art dealer.[1]
The Americas
[edit]Asia (excluding Israel)
[edit]- Kadoorie family.
- David Sassoon, treasurer of Baghdad.
International
[edit]Various levels of the worldwide wholesale diamond trade, from mining (De Beers) and trading, to cutting, distribution and sale to jewelers, are run almost exclusively by small close-knit communities of Jews. Business culture in the industry is shaped by Jewish religious and cultural traditions.[9]
Scholars and commentators on Jews and business
[edit]- Henry Brooks Adams, American anti-modernist, editorialized against Jewish power on [[Wall Street].[1]
- Simon Kuznets, Wharton School professor.[1]
- Werner Sombart, German economist, author of The Jews and Modern Capitalism.[1][10]
- Thorstein Veblen, economist and sociologist. Wrote "The Intellectual Pre-Eminince of Jews".[1]
- Max Weber, German economist and sociologist. Discussed relationship of Judaism to business norms in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Ancient Judaism.
Fictional characters
[edit]- Shylock, central character from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Charles Dellheim (2004). Kenneth Lipartito and David B. Sicilia (ed.). Constructing Corporate America: History, Politics, Culture. Oxford University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-19-925190-2.
- ^ Milgram, Shirley. ""Mikveh Israel Cemetery."". USHistory.org. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ Wilkinson, Gerry. "The History of the Philadelphia Inquirer". Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Gunzerath, David. "Walter Annenberg". The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Suzy Menkes (May 14, 2007). "Ralph Lauren returns to his Russian roots". International Herald Tribune.
- ^ "Levi Strauss".
- ^ Brody, Seymour. Jewish Heroes & Heroines of America: 150 True Stories of American Jewish Heroism. Hollywood, FL: Lifetime Books, Inc., 1996.
- ^ PBS Online: They Made America. Ida Rosenthal: Brassiere Tycoon. PBS Online/WGBH, 2004.
- ^ Barak D. Richman (Spring 2006). "How Community Institutions Create Economic Advantage:Jewish Diamond Merchants in New York" (Document). American Bar Foundation. (In Law & Social Inquiry)
- ^ Werner Sombart (1911). The Jews and Modern Capitalism (PDF). (English translation, translated by M. Epstein, Batoche Books, 2001)