Adam Gimbel

Adam Gimbel (May 16, 1817 – June 28, 1896) was an American businessman and the founder of the Gimbel Brothers Company.

Biography Gimbel was born to a Jewish family in the Palatinate, then a part of Bavaria, in 1817 where he worked in the local baron's vineyard. In May 1835, he immigrated to the United States paying his fare by working as a ship's hand. 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.