David Zeiger (industrialist)
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David Zeiger | |
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| Born | 21 February 1918 |
| Died | 10 May 1981 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Partner | Emilia Zeiger (born Liberman Mila Zeiger) |
| Children | Sergio Zeiger, Claudio Zeiger, Eduardo Zeiger e Celia Zeiger |
David Zeiger (Kovel, February 21, 1918 - São Paulo, May 10, 1981) Brazilian industrialist in the area of clothing and fashion.
The family of David Zeiger immigrated from the Ukraine (then Poland) to Brazil in the early 1920s. David, with his siblings and mother, met with his father Shaja Zeiger, who had left Poland a year earlier. Shaja Zeiger was a tailor, and in a few years founded Goomtex, a factory of raincoats and overcoats. As a young man, David Zeiger worked with his father, and soon became the manager of the business. After his marriage, David Zeiger began to run Pullsport - a women's fashion factory - along with his wife Mila.
David Zeiger also dedicated his energy to the areas of culture, philanthropy, and publicity.
Early Years and Education
Although raised and educated within the community of Jewish immigrants in the neighborhood of Bom Retiro, the adolescent David already showed a good command of the Portuguese language and a curiosity for Brazilian culture that led him to seek friendships outside the small nucleus of Europeans where he lived.
He became a member of the Espéria club, and of the Tietê regatta club in which he participated as a rower in competitions. He joined the Portugália club, which published a newspaper with texts written by various members. His news stories and fiction began to be published under the guidance of the poet Mario Gallo. David Zeiger finished his education at the Sao Paulo Technical School of Accounting.
Community Activities
After World War II, David Zeiger began his philanthropic activities. He helped raise funds and contributed his own resources to the newly created state of Israel.
Most of his efforts for social causes, however, focused on Brazil. He assisted Carmem Prudente in the establishment of the Hospital do Câncer, and in the charitable campaigns that followed.
He was an initial donor of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. He gave medical access to his employees through the vast network of SERMA a group of clinics. (http://www.sermasaude.org/rede-credenciada-da-serma.html)
Citizenship and Politics
David Zeiger believed in a Brazil based on the market economy of the United States -- With a vast middle class, general access to education and medical services. During the Juscelino Kubitschek administration (1956 to 1961), he found a favorable climate for this view, which would help Brazil to move out of the state of an agrarian economy to become an industrial giant. At that time David Zeiger met the congressman Antônio Sílvio Cunha Bueno, with whom he developed a long friendship, and through which he began to participate more actively in the political life of the country. David Zeiger promoted Cunha Bueno within the Jewish community. The friendship with the Cunha Bueno family resulted in two homages: David Zeiger Public School, and David Zeiger Street, both in São Paulo.
Career
During the years of the "Economic Miracle" in the 1960s and 1970s, David Zeiger's business expanded quickly. His factory (Cia Pullsport of Malharia) grew to occupy two buildings of seven floors with 500 employees.
In 1967, Time Magazine[1] published a cover story with the photo of President Costa e Silva. The subject was the surge of progress in the economy of Brazil. It quoted examples of leaders in various fields of activity, and David Zeiger was presented as an example of an industrialist.
David Zeiger had an unpretentious and communicative behavior, which he manifested equally with both his company employees and important personalities.
Other interests
David Zeiger participated from the beginning in the textile fairs established by Caio de Alcântara Machado (FENIT), the board of directors of the International Art Biennial of São Paulo[2] , and sponsored a project aimed at integrating a cultural center with theaters and concert halls in the lush Ibirapuera Park . He was also an art collector. In his view, the city of São Paulo had the potential to become the most important metropolis in Latin America.
References
- ^ TIME Magazine, Brazil's President Costa e Silva, 1967/04/21
- ^ (In Portuguese) XVI Bienal de São Paulo, http://issuu.com/bienal/docs/nameafc024, Homenagem da Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 16 outubro a 20 de dezembro de 1981
Links
- (In Portuguese) Escola Estadual David Zeiger : Google Maps
- (In Portuguese) Rua David Zeiger : Google Maps
- (In Portuguese) Site : David Zeiger