Sachs, Josef, 1872-1949

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
זקס, יוסף, 1872-1949
Name (Latin)
Sachs, Josef, 1872-1949
Other forms of name
Sachs, Josef Ernst, 1872-1949
Date of birth
1872
Date of death
1949
Associated country
Sweden
Associated Language
swe
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 304576632
Wikidata: Q1705594
Library of congress: n 2013033724
Sources of Information
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Sachs, Josef, 1872-1949; p. 18 of M'tt livs saldo: b. Jan. 4, 1872; p. [316]: d. June 23, 1949)
  • M'tt livs saldo, 1949
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Wikipedia description:

Josef Ernst Sachs (1872-1949) was a Swedish businessman and one of the two founders of the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm. Born on January 4, 1872, in Stockholm, he became a student there in 1890. Devoting himself to commercial exercises abroad, upon his return he worked with his father and later became president of the Josef Leja department store in 1902. He would later serve as president of Nordiska Kompaniet from 1902–37, Deputy Chairman of the Board 1933-44, then chairman of the firm until his death in 1949. He was awarded the Illis quorum in the twelfth size in 1930 by the King of Sweden.

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