Isaac Herbert Kempner (January 14, 1873 – August 1, 1967) was the founder of the Imperial Sugar Corporation and mayor of Galveston, Texas.
Although the newly married Kempners were residing in Galveston, Eliza traveled to Cincinnati in preparation for giving birth, where her family was living and better medical care was available.
Over the following years, they acquired additional assets and controlled the majority of the sugar industry in Texas.
In addition to his sugar and cotton holdings, Kempner was also involved in real estate and insurance businesses and, along with his siblings, held ownership in the United States National Bank in Galveston.
[4] Sugar Land, the company town he helped found, has grown into one of the largest suburbs of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.