Peter E. Haas

1918 - 2005

Peter E. Haas

American billionaire businessman.

Was Peter E. Haas Jewish?
Yes, Peter E. Haas was Jewish.
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Haas led clothing company Levi Strauss & Co., serving as its president from 1970 to 1981, CEO from 1976 to 1981, and chairman from 1981 to 1989.

He was a great-grandnephew of company founder Levi Strauss.

• Under his leadership, Levi Strauss & Co. became one of the first American clothing companies to racially integrate its factories in the South.

• His sister was philanthropist Rhoda Haas Goldman.

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Source: The New York Times
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