List of Jewish American business people
Clothing
Iris Apfel (born 1921), fashion designer, co-founder of textile firm Old World Weavers
Max Azria (1949โ2019), Tunisian-born fashion designer, founder of BCBG Max Azria
David Beckerman (1942/1943โ), founder of sportswear company Starter Corp.
Sara Blakely (born 1971), founder of Spanx, minority owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks
Gertrude Boyle (1924โ2019), German-born chairman of family-founded Columbia Sportswear Company
Tory Burch (born 1966), fashion designer, founder of Tory Burch LLC
Dov Charney (born 1966), Canadian-American founder of American Apparel
Nudie Cohn (1902โ1984), Ukrainian-born fashion designer, known for the "Nudie Suits"
Kenneth Cole (born 1954), founder of Kenneth Cole Productions (owned Le Tigre brand)
Jacob W. Davis (1831โ1908), Latvian-born inventor of the jeans (in partnership with Levi Strauss & Co)
Alan Eckstein, co-founder of fashion label Timo Weiland
Paul Fireman (born 1944), founder of Fireman Capital Partners; former owner of the North American sales rights to Reebok brand and chairman of Reebok International, Ltd.
Donald (1928โ2009) and Doris F. Fisher (born 1931), founders of the Gap, Inc.
Robert J. Fisher (born 1954), chairman of the Gap, Inc.
Edith Flagg (1919โ2014), Austrian-born fashion designer, known for populizing polyester, founder of Edith Flagg
Milton S. Florsheim (1868โ1936), Canadian-born founder of the Florsheim & Co. shoe company
Diane von Fรผrstenberg (born 1946), Belgian-American founder the Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) fashion company
Rudi Gernreich (1922โ1985), Austrian-born avant-garde fashion designer; known for the monokini swimsuit
Lori Goldstein, fashion designer
Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (born 1975), founder of fashion label Shoshanna
Bob Haas (born 1942), Chairman Emeritus of Levi Strauss & Co.; member of the Haas family
Lena Himmelstein (1877โ1951), Lithuanian-born founder of plus-size clothing company Lane Bryant Inc.
Marc Jacobs (born 1963), fashion designer
Donna Karan (born 1948), founder of DKNY
Calvin Richard Klein (born 1942), co-founder of Calvin Klein Inc.
Michael Kors (born 1959), fashion designer, founder of Capri Holdings (owns the Michael Kors brand, Versace, and Jimmy Choo Ltd)
Ralph Lauren (born 1939), founder of the Ralph Lauren Corporation
Henri Alexander Levy (born 1991), founder of luxury fashion brand Enfants Riches Dรฉprimรฉs (ERD)
Andrea Lieberman, fashion designer, founder of A.L.C
Paul Marciano (born 1952), Moroccan-born co-founder of fashion company GUESS
Leon Max (born 1954), Russian-American fashion designer, founder of the Max Studio upmarket fashion retail chain
Marc Milecofsky (born 1972), founder of fashion company Ecko Unltd. and the media network Complex (Complex magazine, Complex TV, ComplexCon)
Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961), fashion designer
Avi, Ralph and Joseph Nakash (born 1942), Israeli-born founders of Jordache Enterprises, Inc., owners of the Setai Miami Beach luxury hotel
Andrew Rosen, co-founder of fashion label theory
Ida Rosenthal (1886โ1973), Belarus-born co-founder of Maidenform
Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig (born 1968), fashion designer
Barry K. Schwartz (born 1942), co-founder of Calvin Klein Inc., former chairman of the New York Racing Association (NYRA)
Levi Strauss (1829โ1902), German-born co-founder of the Levi Strauss & Co. clothing company
David Stern (1820โ1875), German-born co-founder of Levi Strauss & Co.[43]
Nathan Swartz (1902โ1984), Russian-born founder of the Timberland Company (later led by his grandson, Jeffrey (born 1960))
Elie Tahari (born 1952), Israeli-American luxury fashion designer[46][47]
Stuart Weitzman (born 1941), luxury shoe designer
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