Leo Kahn
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Leo Kahn was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer best known as a co-founder of the office-supplies giant Staples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leo Kahn canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ retail pioneer ⓘ |
| basedIn | New England ⓘ |
| coFounded | Staples Inc. ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-12-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-05-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
|
| employer |
Purity Supreme
ⓘ
Staples Inc. ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| founded | Purity Supreme supermarket chain ⓘ |
| genreOfBusiness | discount retailing ⓘ |
| industry |
office supplies
ⓘ
retail ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-founding Staples ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
expanded Purity Supreme into a major New England supermarket chain
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helped create the big-box office-supplies retail format ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the Staples office-supplies retail concept ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ retailer ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Thomas G. Stemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Medford, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| roleAtPuritySupreme | owner ⓘ |
| roleAtStaples | co-founder ⓘ |
| soldBusinessTo | Supermarkets General (for Purity Supreme) ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothy Kahn ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.