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American businesswoman and philanthropist
Miriam "Mimi" Lurie Haas (born 1946) is an American billionaire businesswoman. She is the widow of Peter E. Haas , who was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss , the founder of denim manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co.
Early life [ edit ]
She was born Miriam Ruchwarger in 1946 in New Jersey, the daughter of Nancy (née Zdenka) and Avram Ruchwarger, Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia.[1] [2] Annapolis, Maryland and then in the Washington D.C. suburbs[1] [1] Oxon Hill High School , in Oxon Hill , a suburb of Washington, DC, and graduated in the class of 1964.[3] George Washington University .[4] [5]
Haas is president of the Miriam and Peter Haas Fund, since August 1981.[6] [4]
In July 2004, Haas was elected as a director of Levi Strauss & Co, succeeding her husband, who stood down as chairman emeritus.[4]
Haas is[when? vice chair of the board of trustees and chair of the committee on painting and sculpture of the New York Museum of Modern Art , and vice chair of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art .[6]
In 2019, Haas owned nearly 17% of Levi Strauss & Co, making her a billionaire, following the February 2019 plan for the company to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.[7] [8] [9] [9]
Personal life [ edit ]
On June 12, 1968, she married Brian Lurie , who she had met in Israel when on an American Friends of the Hebrew University program.[2] Jewish Community Federation for many years, and now[when? runs the progressive New Israel Foundation .[10] Daniel Lurie , who runs Tipping Point Community .[10] [11]
She was married to Peter E. Haas (his second marriage) from 1981 until his death in 2005.[11] [12] [13]
She lives[when? in San Francisco.[14]
In 2010, she bought one of the apartments owned by Charles R. Schwab at 834 Fifth Avenue , New York, for $12.5 million.[14]
Around 2024, she donated $1 million to a committee supporting the candidacy of her son Daniel Lurie for mayor of San Francisco.[9] The San Francisco Standard concluded that this was possibly "the largest contribution to a committee in support or opposition of a candidate in San Francisco history."[15]
References [ edit ]
^ "Old Friends - Class of 1964 - Oxon Hill High School - $3 Lifetime subscription" . old-friends.co . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ a b c "Levi Strauss & Co. Names Miriam L. Haas to its Board of Directors" . www.businesswire.com . 2 July 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ "GW Alumni Association | the George Washington University" (PDF) .
^ a b "Mimi Haas" . stanford.edu . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ Yakowicz, Will (14 February 2019). "As Jeans Giant Levi Strauss Prepares To Go Public, New Billionaire Emerges" . Forbes . Retrieved 2024-02-01 .
^ Devon Pendleton (13 February 2019). "A $2.5 Billion Blue Jeans Fortune Emerges With Levi's IPO Plan" . Bloomberg LP . Retrieved 2024-02-01 .
^ a b c Regimbal, Alec (2024-01-30). "Billionaire mother of SF mayoral candidate spends $1M on her son's race" . SFGATE . Retrieved 2024-02-01 .
^ a b Bhatia, Pooja (8 April 2014). "The Robin Hood of the Bay" . OZY . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ a b Saxon, Wolfgang (6 December 2005). "Peter Haas, 86, Executive During Levi Strauss Heyday, Dies" . The New York Times . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ Guthrie, Julian (1 July 2007). "THE HAAS LEGACY / How one family's generosity and commitment to civic life are transforming the Bay Area" . SFGate . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ Glaser, Eleanor (1992). "Peter E. Haas - President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, 1977-1978 - Interviews Conducted by Eleanor Glaser" (PDF) . Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley . I dated Jewish girls, though I went around with non-Jewish girls, That was one of those things you went through. My first wife was not Jewish.
^ a b "She Haas the Right Stuff! Levi's Chairwoman Buys Schwab's 834 Fifth Penthouse for $12.5 M." observer.com . 8 April 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ Koehn, Josh (2024-01-30). "Mom Drops $1M to Help Lurie Win San Francisco Mayor's Race" . The San Francisco Standard . Retrieved 2024-02-01 .
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