
	Levi Strauss &amp; Co.&nbsp;also known as&nbsp;LS&amp;CO&nbsp;or simply&nbsp;Levi&#39;s, is a privately held American&nbsp;clothing&nbsp;company known worldwide for its&nbsp;Levi&#39;s&nbsp;brand of&nbsp;denim&nbsp;jeans. It was founded in 1853 when&nbsp;Levi Strauss&nbsp;came from&nbsp;Buttenheim,&nbsp;Bavaria, to&nbsp;San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers&#39; New York&nbsp;dry goods&nbsp;business. In 1873, Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent to make the first riveted men&#39;s work pants out of denim: the first blue jeans. The company briefly experimented (in the 1970s) with a public stock listing, but remains owned and controlled by descendants and relatives of Levi Strauss&#39; four nephews. The company&#39;s corporate headquarters is located at Levi&#39;s Plaza&nbsp;in San Francisco.
