Leo Kahn (entrepreneur)
Leo Kahn | |
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| Born | December 31, 1916 M.S., 1939) |
| Occupation(s) | American businessman and reporter |
| Known for | Co-founder of Staples Inc. |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Davidson Kahn (1963-1975), Emily Perkins Gantt Kahn (1976-2011) |
| Children | 3 (including Joseph Kahn) |
Leo Kahn (December 31, 1916 – May 11, 2011) was an American reporter and businessman. He is credited as the co-founder of
Biography
Early life
Kahn was born in
Kahn received a
He and his brother, Albert Kahn, took over the family's wholesale business following the end of World War II.[1] He became the sole owner of the business when his brother left the company to become a professor at Boston University.[1]
Kahn married his first wife, Dorothy Davidson, in 1963 and had three children.[1] The family resided in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, until Dorothy Kahn's death in 1975.[1]
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Kahn continued to operate his family's wholesale food distributor. However, he also launched a new grocery retailing division, which became known as
One of Kahn's biggest rivals was
Kahn sold
Personal life
Kahn married Dorothy Davidson. After 11 years of marriage, Dorothy died in 1975. He later remarried Emily Gantt, who survived him. From his first marriage, Kahn had a daughter, Elizabeth, and two sons, Daniel and Joseph. Joseph Kahn is a journalist and the executive editor of The New York Times.[6] His stepdaughters were Lisa and Xandria Birk. Kahn had eight grandchildren and three step grandchildren.[7] Leo Kahn was on the board of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.
Death
Kahn died at the Springhouse care facility in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston from a series of strokes on May 11, 2011, at the age of 94.[1][2][5]
References
- ^ Boston Globe. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Alan D. Abbey (May 23, 2011). "The Eulogizer: Staples co-founder Leo Kahn, violinist Endre Wolf". JTA. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ » Is Leo Kahn Jewish Jew of the Week
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-02.