Jakob Heusser
| Jakob Heusser-Staub | |
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Berta and Jakob Heusser-Staub in 1939
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| Born |
3 March 1862 Irgenhausen, Switzerland |
| Died | 23 August 1941 (aged 79) Uster, Switzerland |
| Monuments | Uster Castle respetively Heusser-Staub-Stiftung |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Swiss industrialist and philanthropist |
| Years active | 1897–1941 |
| Spouse(s) | Berta Heusser-Staub |
Jakob Heusser-Staub (3 March 1862 – 23 August 1941 as Jakob Heusser) was a Swiss industrialist and philanthropist. Born and raised in the village of Irgenhausen, Heusser-Staub made Uster his home. With the support of his wife, Berta, he founded the Heusser-Staub foundation.
Born in the hamlet of Irgenhausen in the municipality of Wetzikon, he was the son of Luise née Schellenberg and Caspar. He attended Sekundarschule (pre-college level) in Wetzikon and was a citizen of Pfäffikon. From 1877 to 1879, he attended the Industrial School in Zürich. Afterwards he received practical and commercial training at his father's business. His father, Caspar Heusser (1836–1910), was a cotton manufacturer who sold his products in Kempten and the surrounding area.
His professional success enabled him to purchase the Spinnerei Stauber in Kempten (with 1,200 spindles) in 1869 and to introduce mechanical weaving with 36 machines. In 1883 he bought a cotton mill in Bubikon (6,000 spindles, 80 workers), where he also added a weaving factory. Heusser expanded to Winterthur and St. Gallen, leaving a considerable fortune.
He lived from 1880 to 1882 in Lyon and from 1882 to 1883 in England to gain professional experience. From 1883 to 1897 he served as trade merchant in his father's business in Bubikon, from 1897 independently as his own factory.
In 1900, Jakob Heusser became a textile industrialist in the city of Uster, the industrial centre of the region. He purchased the Boller mill in Uster, and developed it to produce quality yarns.
In 1910 he inherited the paternal factories and in 1917 bought the spinning factory Huber in Uster, which he modernized in 1928. Beginning in 1919 Heusser held the majority share of the textile factory Schiesser AG, with factories in Radolfzell and Kreuzlingen, and in 1929 he gained control of the cotton spinning and weaving factory, Wettingen, which he also modernized. Moreover, Heusser was involved in the short-lived Swiss car factory Turicum. He acquired the majority of shares of the "Fabrik für Electrische Geräte" from Alfred Zellweger, the later Zellweger Uster AG.
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