What was Levi Strauss's occupation listed on Wikipedia?
Answer
Businessman
What was Levi Strauss’s occupation listed on Wikipedia? His occupation was businessman.
Levi Strauss was a German-born American businessman best known for founding the company that became Levi Strauss & Co. He was born Löb Strauß in Buttenheim, Bavaria, in 1829 and emigrated to the United States with his mother and sisters in 1847.
Strauss first worked in the family’s dry-goods trade, selling practical merchandise such as kettles, blankets, and sewing supplies. In 1853, he became an American citizen and went to San Francisco, where he opened a West Coast branch of the family business during the California Gold Rush.
He later partnered with tailor Jacob W. Davis, whose idea for reinforcing work pants with copper rivets led to a patented garment in 1873. Strauss’s role was commercial and entrepreneurial, not that of a tailor, banker, or gold miner. Tailor is an especially tempting distractor because Davis was the clothing craftsman associated with the riveted-pants invention.