Mimi Haas

Miriam "Mimi" Lurie Haas (born 1946) is an American billionaire businesswoman. She is the widow of Peter E. Haas, who was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, the founder of denim manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co.

Early life She was born Miriam Ruchwarger in 1946 in New Jersey, the daughter of Nancy (née Zdenka) and Avram Ruchwarger, Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia. She was raised in Annapolis, Maryland and then in the Washington D.C. suburbs She earned a degree in political science from George Washington University.

Career Haas is president of the Miriam and Peter Haas Fund, since August 1981.

In July 2004, Haas was elected as a director of Levi Strauss & Co, succeeding her husband, who stood down as chairman emeritus. , and vice chair of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

In 2019, Haas owned nearly 17% of Levi Strauss & Co, making her a billionaire, following the February 2019 plan for the company to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As of 2024, she owned 11%. In 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth to be around $1.4 billion. They had two sons, Ari Lurie and Daniel Lurie, mayor of San Francisco and former CEO of Tipping Point Community.

She lives in San Francisco.

In 2010, she bought one of the apartments owned by Charles R. Schwab at 834 Fifth Avenue, New York, for $12.5 million.