Leon Loeb

Leon Loeb (1845–1911) was a French-born American businessman who owned and operated the first department store in Los Angeles.

[2] On 3 March 1874, Solomon Lazard retired and Marc Eugene Mayer, his brother Constant Meyer, and Nathan Kahn (Cahn) purchased S. Lazard & Co. renaming it Eugene Meyer & Company.

[10] In October 1883, Eugene Meyer sold his interest and moved to San Francisco to work for Lazard Frères.

[11] After the departure of Nathan Cahn, it was renamed Stern, Loeb & Company until its liquidation in the early 1890s.

[10] Meyer had also been the French Consular Agent in Los Angeles, and he recommended Leopold Loeb to take as consul, which he did in 1883.