Julius Fleischmann

Biography Fleischmann was born in Cincinnati to Austria-Hungarian immigrant, Charles Louis Fleischmann and his Prussian-born wife Henriette Robertson. His family was Jewish.

Julius left college to become general manager of Fleischmann's Yeast in 1894 when he was 22 years old. He became president of the company in 1897, overseeing the company's expansion.

Among the many interests of the Fleischmann family was baseball. In 1898, Fleischman financed the semiprofessional baseball team, the Cincinnati Shamrocks, which included the future Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins. In 1900, Huggins played for Fleischmann's semiprofessional team based in the Catskill Mountains, the Mountain Tourists. Julius Fleischmann was also involved in thoroughbred horses, along with his father and his brother Max, under the name Charles Fleischmann and Sons.

He died of heart disease on February 5, 1925, while playing polo in Miami.

Personal life and family Fleischmann was married two times, to Lily Ackerland from 1893 to 1920, with whom he had three children, and secondly to Laura G. Hemingway from 1920 until 1924. was among other things a philanthropist who founded World Art Inc. (directed by Serge Denham), an organization devoted to sponsoring cultural organizations. In 1937, World Art financed the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, which launched its first season in 1938. His other son was Charles Fleischmann II (1895–1917), who died in a plane crash in Long Island City, New York.

His daughter, Louise Fleischmann (1894–1987) wife of Henry C. Yeiser, took out a then-record $3.25 million insurance policy against her inheritance.