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#33 Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World

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Levi's Loss of C

Levy lost $2 million on a steamer called the Golden Gate, which caught fire in its galley and over 175 people drowned. His main business forever is Levi's Charleston company, but he's just very industrious and constantly interested in expanding not only his personal net worth, but I would say the overall GDP of the industry he's operating in. In addition to enjoying continued commercial success, he started to buy stock, snatched a valuable real estate, and expanded his philanthropy and became interested in politics.

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