Adam Gimbel (May 16, 1817 - June 28, 1896) was an American businessman and the founder of the Gimbel Brothers Company.

Biography

Gimbel was born to a Jewish family in the Palatinate, then a part of Bavaria, in 1817 where he worked in the local baron's vineyard. In May 1835, he immigrated to the United States paying his fare by working

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