International Directory of Business Biographies


Robert Haas Biography

Chairman of the board, Levi Strauss & Company

Nationality: American.

Born: 1942, in San Francisco, California.

Education: University of California, Berkeley, BS, 1964; Harvard Graduate School of Business, MBA, 1968.

Family: Son of Walter Haas Jr. (chief executive officer, Levi Strauss & Company); married Colleen (maiden name unknown; lawyer), 1974; children: one.

Career: Peace Corps, 1964–1966, volunteer in Ivory Coast; White House, 1968–1969, fellow; McKinsey & Company, 1969–1972, associate; Levi Strauss & Company, 1973–1984, manager; 1984–1999, chief executive officer and chairman of the board;...

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