Adam Gimbel
American businessman (1817–1896)
Adam Gimbel (May 16, 1817 – June 28, 1896) was an American businessman and the founder of the Gimbel Brothers Company.2
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Born 1817, died 1896.1
Companies
Career
Occupation: business executive.4
Personal life
- Born1817, Rhineland-Palatinate5
In 1847, he married Fridolyn Kahn-Weiler; they had fourteen children, eleven of whom lived to adulthood. His seven sons, Jacob, Ellis, Isaac, Charles, Louis, Daniel, and Benedict, all worked in the family business. Every family business meeting was opened by a reading from the Book of Proverbs. Gimbel died on June 28, 1896. He is buried in Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Philadelphia.
From Wikipedia’s article on Adam Gimbel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 1WikidataAdam Gimbel on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAdam Gimbel on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataGimbels, Founder
- 7Wikimedia CommonsAdam Gimbel photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain