Lewis Galoob was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 22, 1918, as the third-youngest of seven children. His parents, Samuel "Sam" Galoob (1883-1973) and Sarah Leah Galoob (née Tarbis, 1887-1935), were both of Jewish descent, and originally from Russia and Germany respectively. He was married to his wife Barbara for 25 years.[1][2]
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In 1954, Galoob founded Lewis Galoob Toys with his wife, originally as an import business. The California-based company later became a toy and stationery distributor. Later, after Lewis Galoob fell ill, the leadership of the Galoob business fell to their son, waterbed salesman David Galoob. The company then grew into one of the U.S. leading toy companies before being acquired by Hasbro in 1999.[3][4] Galoob's most successful products include Micro Machines and Game Genie.
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Galoob died in San Francisco on August 4, 1971.[5]
lewis, galoob, november, 1918, august, 1971, american, entrepreneur, inventor, founder, toys, born, 1918, november, 1918oklahoma, city, oklahoma, diedaugust, 1971, 1971, aged, francisco, california, nationalityamericanoccupationbusinessmanknown, toysspousebarb. Lewis Galoob November 22 1918 August 4 1971 was an American entrepreneur inventor and the founder of Lewis Galoob Toys Lewis GaloobBorn 1918 11 22 November 22 1918Oklahoma City Oklahoma U S DiedAugust 4 1971 1971 08 04 aged 52 San Francisco California U S NationalityAmericanOccupationBusinessmanKnown forLewis Galoob ToysSpouseBarbara GaloobChildren3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 ReferencesEarly life editLewis Galoob was born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma on November 22 1918 as the third youngest of seven children His parents Samuel Sam Galoob 1883 1973 and Sarah Leah Galoob nee Tarbis 1887 1935 were both of Jewish descent and originally from Russia and Germany respectively He was married to his wife Barbara for 25 years 1 2 Career editIn 1954 Galoob founded Lewis Galoob Toys with his wife originally as an import business The California based company later became a toy and stationery distributor Later after Lewis Galoob fell ill the leadership of the Galoob business fell to their son waterbed salesman David Galoob The company then grew into one of the U S leading toy companies before being acquired by Hasbro in 1999 3 4 Galoob s most successful products include Micro Machines and Game Genie Death editGaloob died in San Francisco on August 4 1971 5 References edit http death records mooseroots com d n Lewis Galoob a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help permanent dead link Staff J October 15 2021 Obituaries for the week of Oct 15 2021 J Retrieved January 30 2023 History of Lewis Galoob Toys Inc FundingUniverse www fundinguniverse com Retrieved July 9 2018 About Galoob The Action Figure Archive Retrieved January 30 2023 Galoob Lewis Obituary San Francisco Examiner August 5 1971 p 41 nbsp This article about an American businessperson born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lewis Galoob amp oldid 1191853620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
