Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus
Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus | |
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| Born | Minnie Lichtenstein （1882年10月4日）October 4, 1882Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 1979（1979年12月5日） (aged 97) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Vice President of Horticulture for Neiman Marcus |
| Spouse(s) | Herbert Marcus, (married 1902) |
| Children | Stanley Marcus, Edward, Herbert Jr., Lawrence Marcus |
Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus (October 4, 1882 – December 5, 1979) was an American businesswoman who was CEO of department store Neiman Marcus, co-founded by her husband Herbert Marcus.
Biography
Born as Minnie Liechtenstein in Dallas, Texas, her father Meyer Lichtenstein had emigrated from Königsberg, Germany, whilst her mother Hattie Mittenthal had come from Russia via Peoria, Illinois. She married Herbert Marcus in 1902 and gave birth to the first of their four sons, Stanley Marcus, in 1905.
The Marcus family and the newly married Carrie Marcus Neiman and Abraham Lincoln Neiman, who were her sister in law and her husband then moved to Atlanta, Georgia to do sales promotion work. The Coca-Cola Company and other clients brought in substantial income but Minnie and others became homesick for Dallas. The Neiman and Marcus families relinquished sales territories in the nascent soft drink concern for $25,000 which they used to found Neiman Marcus, which initially specialized in ready-to-wear women's finery, in Dallas in 1907.[1]
Minnie gave birth to her subsequent three sons, Edward, Herbert Jr., and Lawrence, in roughly four year intervals. In 1928, she and her husband took an extensive trip to Europe while her son Stanley worked with Mr. Neiman and an expanding group of employees in the constantly growing enterprise. After their return, they discovered that her son Stanley and A. L. Neiman had clashed on many issues and that Carrie had been told first hand about her husband's marital infidelities. Minnie's sister in law asked for a divorce and Herbert officially made a decision to take a loan to buy out the Neiman share for $250,000 in return for Mr. Neiman being legally barred from competing with Neiman Marcus in Dallas in the future.
The World War II years brought duties to Neiman Marcus the store as rationing and other realities set in and to Minnie's sons via the Selective Service System and other government programs. Lawrence was injured in Africa and Stanley joined the War Production Board to help the war efforts with his knowledge about clothing and business in general.
夫のハーバートは1950年12月に、妹のキャリーは1953年3月に亡くなりました。スタンリーはCEOに、そして息子たちは拡大を続ける小売チェーンの他の幹部として跡を継ぎました。彼女は正式にニーマン・マーカスの園芸部門担当副社長に就任し、ダラス郊外へのチェーン展開に伴い、アートショーやファッションショー、ヒューストン・ギャラリア・ニーマン・マーカスのオープンなど、数多くのイベントに出席しました。
スタンリーらは1969年、ニーマン・マーカスとカリフォルニアに拠点を置くブロードウェイ・ヘイルの合併交渉を行い、ニーマン・マーカスはテキサス州外への進出を開始しました。当時、マーカス家の店舗における影響力はやや弱まっていましたが、孫のリチャード・マーカスもニーマン・マーカスのCEOに就任しました。ミニーはスタンリーの執筆を手伝い、ダラス・ガーデンセンター（現在はテキサス・ディスカバリー・ガーデンズに改名）の終身名誉会長を務め、多くのユダヤ教団体や異宗教間団体を支援し、1979年に亡くなる前にダラス盲人テーピング協会に土地を寄付しました。[ 2 ]
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