About Jesse Shwayder
Lived 1882 – 1970 (aged 88). Jesse Shwayder was an American businessperson.
Jesse Shwayder (March 26, 1882 – July 25, 1970) was an American businessman. He was the founder, president and chairman of the Samsonite Corporation, "the world's largest luggage manufacturer" by the time of his death.
Early life Shwayder was born on March 16, 1882, in Black Hawk, Colorado. He was of Polish-Jewish descent. His father, Isaac, owned a grocery store followed by a furniture store in Denver, where Shwayder worked as a teenager.
Shwayder was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame posthumously, in 1991.
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Who was Jesse Shwayder?
American businessman, founder of Samsonite Corporation
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Jesse Shwayder was born on 26 March 1882 in Black Hawk.
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Jesse Shwayder died on 25 July 1970 in Denver.
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Jesse Shwayder was a businessperson.
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Jesse Shwayder was American.
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