Josef Ernst Sachs (1872-1949) was a Swedish businessman and one of the two founders of the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm.
Born on January 4, 1872, in Stockholm, he became a student there in 1890. Devoting himself to commercial exercises abroad, upon his return he worked with his father and later became president of the Josef Leja department store in 1902.[1] He would later serve as president of Nordiska Kompaniet from 1902–37, Deputy Chairman of the Board 1933-44, then chairman of the firm until his death in 1949.[2] He was awarded the Illis quorum in the twelfth size in 1930 by the King of Sweden.[3]
References edit
- ^ Various (1916). Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ Historian of the Digitalt Museum (2013). "Josef Sachs, 1872-1949, köpman, VD i No..." digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ "Sachs, Josef Ernst". Svenska män och kvinnor (in Swedish). 1942–1948. p. 461.