\nJesse Shwayder s-a n\u0103scut pe 26 martie 1882 \u00een Black Hawk, Colorado, \u00een familia imigran\u0163ilor evrei polonezi Isaac Shwayder \u015fi Rachela Kobey, \u015fi a avut \u00eenc\u0103 zece fra\u0163i \u015fi surori. Ulterior, familia s-a mutat \u00een Denver, unde tat\u0103l a deschis o b\u0103c\u0103nie.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen copil\u0103rie, directorul departamentului de muzic\u0103 al \u015fcolii din Denver unde \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a Shwayder a descoperit \u00eenclina\u0163ia acestuia spre muzic\u0103, a\u015fa c\u0103 micul Jesse a fost chemat s\u0103 c\u00e2nte duminicile la catedral\u0103, unde era pl\u0103tit cu 50 de cen\u0163i, iar apoi la diverse evenimente, \u00een special la nun\u0163i. Dup\u0103 absolvirea liceului, deoarece nu a avut bani pentru a se \u00eenscrie la facultate, antreprenorul a \u00eenceput s\u0103 lucreze \u00een b\u0103c\u0103nia tat\u0103lui s\u0103u, transformat\u0103 ulterior \u00een magazin de mobil\u0103.<\/p>\n
\nPrimul s\u0103u loc de munc\u0103 \u00eentr-o companie a fost ca agent de v\u00e2nz\u0103ri pentru Seward Trunk Co. din New York. Timp de patru ani, Shwayder a v\u00e2ndut geamantane, \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u00e2nd dedesubturile acestei industrii, apoi s-a g\u00e2ndit s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi fondeze propria companie de gen\u0163i \u015fi geamantane, cu 3.500 de dolari, pe care reu\u015fise s\u0103 \u00eei economiseasc\u0103 de-a lungul timpului. Astfel, pe 10 martie 1910, el a pus bazele companiei Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company.<\/p>\n
\nFiind un om religios, a ales s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi v\u00e2nd\u0103 ini\u0163ial produsele sub marca Samson, numit\u0103 astfel dup\u0103 un pesonaj biblic cu acela\u015fi nume, \u00eentr-un mic magazin din Denver. \u00cen 1931, compania a \u00eenceput s\u0103 produc\u0103 mese \u015fi scaune pliante, pe care le vindea cu un dolar, dou\u0103 decenii mai t\u00e2rziu lu\u00e2nd na\u015ftere subsidiara Samsonite Furniture Co. \u00cen 1939, folosindu-se de avansul tehnologiei, compania a introdus o valiz\u0103 cu design elegant, acoperit\u0103 cu fibr\u0103 vulcanizat\u0103, denumit\u0103 Samsonite.<\/p>\n
\nProdusul a avut un succes imens, a\u015fa c\u0103 \u00een 1965 numele companiei a fost schimbat \u00een Samsonite Corporation. Shwayder a de\u0163inut func\u0163ia de pre\u015fedinte p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1960; dup\u0103 retragerea sa, conducerea companiei a fost preluat\u0103 de fiul s\u0103u, King David.
\nAntreprenorul a fost c\u0103s\u0103torit cu Nellie Weitz; cei doi au avut un fiu \u015fi patru fiice. El a murit pe 15 iulie 1970 \u00een Denver, la v\u00e2rsta de 88 de ani. La data mor\u0163ii sale, Samsonite devenise cel mai mare produc\u0103tor de bagaje la nivel mondial. Ulterior, \u00een 1991, antreprenorul a fost introdus \u00een Colorado Business Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1973 famila Shwayder a v\u00e2ndut compania c\u0103tre Beatrice Foods. Samsonite a activat independent de aceasta p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1986, c\u00e2nd a fost rev\u00e2ndut\u0103 firmei cu capital privat Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. A urmat apoi un nou \u015fir de tranzac\u0163ii, iar \u00een toamna lui 2009 divizia de retail a companiei ajunsese \u00een pragul falimentului, fiind salvat\u0103 \u00een urma list\u0103rii la bursa din Hong Kong, unde a str\u00e2ns 1,25 de miliarde de dolari. Cea mai mare achizi\u0163ie a Samsonite a fost cump\u0103rarea companiei de bagaje de lux Tumi, \u00eentr-o tranzac\u0163ie de 1,8 miliarde de dolari. Potrivit statista.com, compania a avut anul trecut venituri de 3,49 miliarde de dolari \u015fi un num\u0103r de circa 13.600 de angaja\u0163i. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00cen urm\u0103 cu peste un secol, Jesse Shwayder a pus bazele companiei Samsonite, care s-a transformat \u00een cel mai mare produc\u0103tor de gen\u0163i de voiaj la nivel mondial, cu venituri anuale de miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[255,31396,272,246,4669,161,292,305,26214,297,5061,241,4878,6909],"class_list":["post-166388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-antreprenori","tag-colorado","tag-companie","tag-crestere","tag-familie","tag-miliarde","tag-mondial","tag-muzica","tag-nastere","tag-producator","tag-tata","tag-transformare","tag-vanzare","tag-venituri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}