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Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was an American retail businessman, who was one of the co-founders of department store Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears.
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Sep 16, 2016 · His net worth was a reported $80 million (more than $1 billion today). But over the course of his lifetime, he gave away nearly as much -- $70 million — to various institutions.
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(1934) Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind., of English parentage. When Alvah was three years old, his family moved to a farm about five miles outside of Lafayette.
Mar 25, 2018 · In all, he gave away $63 million, creating the Rosenwald Foundation with $30 million and contributing $5 million more to the University of Chicago.
In Sears. …to Chicago in 1887, hired Alvah C. Roebuck to repair watches, and established a mail-order business for watches and jewelry. The company’s first catalog was offered the same year. In 1889 Sears sold his business but a few years later founded, with Roebuck, another mail-order operation, which in 1893 came… Read More.
Oct 15, 2018 · Richard Sears, who was born into a wealthy Minnesota family that lost its fortune in a speculative stock deal, was working as a station agent in 1866 when he began selling watches in a side...
Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was an American manager and businessman. He was the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears.
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