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    Mayer Lehman (January 9, 1830 – June 21, 1897) was an American businessman, banker, and philanthropist. He was one of the three founding brothers of the investment bank Lehman Brothers.

  2. Jun 8, 2011 · The story of how Lehman Brothers grew under the leadership of Mayer Lehman (Born: January 9, 1830 in Rimpar, Kingdom of Bavaria; died: June 21, 1897 in New York City) and his brother Emanuel illustrates how hard work and shrewd business sense can overcome many obstacles.

  3. Mayer Lehman (1830-1897) was one of three Jewish-German immigrant brothers who founded the company that would become financial giant Lehman Brothers in Montgomery, Montgomery County. during the mid-nineteenth century.

  4. Sep 18, 2008 · The descendants of Mayer and Emanuel Lehman, two of the German Jewish brothers who lent the firm its name in the 1850s, remain a tightly knit clan ensconced in New York’s upper crust.

  5. He was a white Jewish-American businessman, banker, slave owner, and philanthropist. Mayer Lehman was born to a German-Jewish family in the small Franconian town of Rimpar near Würzburg. He was the son of a cattle merchant, Abraham Löw Lehmann.

  6. Mar 27, 2023 · Mayer Lehman supported the Confederacy during the war by raising money for the relief of Alabama prisoners of war. In 1864, Mayer was appointed by Gov. Thomas H. Watts as a commissioner to visit Confederate soldiers confined in federal prisons.

  7. Lehman Brothers Timeline. 1844. Henry Lehman emigrates from Rimpar, Germany, and settles in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opens a general store specializing in dry goods. 1850s. Henry Lehman is joined by his brothers Emanuel and Mayer, and their establishment becomes Lehman Brothers. 1858.

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