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Jews in the history of business
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Jews figure prominently in the history of business. United States Sephardic Jews were active cross-Atlantic trade during the colonial era. *Henry Lehman, founder of Lehman Brothers. *Haym Solomon, financier of the American Revolutionary War. Media and Entertainment *Walter Annenberg *Bennett Cerf, founder of Random House. *Alfred A. Knopf, founder of Alfred A. Knopf. *Levi Strauss, founder of Levi Strauss & Co.. *Max Factor, Sr., cosmetition who started Max Factor. *Helena Rubinstein, founder of Helena Rubinstein, Inc. cosmetic line, one of world's richest women in her era. Scholars and commentators on Jews and business *Henry Brooks Adams, American anti-modernist, editorialized against Jewish power on [. *Thorstein Veblen, economist and sociologist. Wrote "The Intellectual Pre-Eminince of Jews". *Max Weber, German economist and sociologist. Discussed relationship of Judaism to business norms in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Ancient Judaism. Fictional characters *Shylock, central character from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. 
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