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Brendan Schwab [ˈbɹendən ʃwaːb] (born 10 March 1968) is an Australian sports administrator, trade union official, and lawyer who specialises in labour law, human rights law, collective bargaining, and dispute resolution with a particular focus on professional team sports.
Schwab appeared on the sports trivia show Stump the Schwab, which ran from 2004 to 2006. During the show, Schwab faced off against sports fans in a trivia contest. Schwab said that he had a 64-16 record during the show's 80 episodes. [1] As part of cost-cutting efforts, Schwab was released from ESPN in June 2013. [8]
Schwab's Pharmacy was a drugstore located at 8024 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, and was a popular hangout for movie actors and movie industry dealmakers from the 1930s through the 1950s. [ 1 ]
Leslie Bishop Schwab (October 3, 1917 – May 18, 2007) was an American businessman from Oregon. [1] He was the founder of Les Schwab Tire Centers, a company which Modern Tire Dealer called "arguably the most respected independent tire store chain in the United States."
Klaus Martin Schwab (German: [klaʊs ˈmaʁtiːn ʃvaːp]; born 30 March 1938) is a German mechanical engineer, economist, and founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has acted as the WEF's chairman since founding the organisation in 1971.
Les Schwab Tires entered the Denver metropolitan area with five stores in October 2012, the first in Colorado, bringing the total number of company owned stores to 374. [9] The company does more than $1.6 billion in sales each year, [ 8 ] and is the second largest independent tire retailer in the United States .
Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner.
Schwab was born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 1862, the son of Pauline (née Farabaugh) and John Anthony Schwab. [1] [2] All four of his grandparents were Roman Catholic immigrants from Germany. [2] Schwab was raised in Loretto, Pennsylvania, which he considered his hometown. His father, John, operated a livery stable in ...