About Robert Knight

Robert Knight was a New England industrialist and philanthropist, who was a partner with his brother Benjamin Knight in B. B. & R. Knight and was one of the largest textile manufacturers in the world when he died in 1912. He co-founded the clothing brand Fruit of the Loom, now owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

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Occupation: banker, financier
Citizenship: United States
Born: January 8, 1826
Died: November 26, 1912

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Robert Knight

American industrialist and philanthropist (1826–1912)

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Occupation: banker, financier
Citizenship: United States
Born: January 8, 1826
Died: November 26, 1912

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