Donald George Fisher was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
11 Facts About Donald Fisher
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Donald Fisher co-founded The Gap Inc clothing stores with his wife Doris F Fisher.
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Donald Fisher spent his childhood in the then-middle-class Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco.
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Donald Fisher invited Romanello to partner with him, but Lou, a second generation Italian immigrant with an 8th grade education was loyal to Levi Strauss, and turned him down.
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Donald Fisher served as CEO until 1995, Chairman of the Board until 2004, and as company director and Chairman Emeritus until his death.
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Donald Fisher was a founding Board Member of the Presidio Trust, a post nominated by the President of the United States.
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Donald Fisher married Doris Feigenbaum in 1953, and was a long-time member of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.
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Donald Fisher was a contributor to Teach For America, GreatSchools.
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Donald Fisher donated to the school's building campaigns and to other campus causes, including the athletics department; Haas' Fisher Gate is named in his and his wife's honor.
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Donald Fisher has donated to charter schools and museums in San Francisco, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and paid for public sculptures in San Francisco.
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One day after the San Francisco Chronicle article on the SFMOMA partnership, the Chronicle reported that Donald Fisher died of cancer at home on Sunday morning, September 27,2009.