Emil Vett
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Emil Vett | |
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 Emil Vett | |
| Born | 7 November 1843 |
| Died | 18 February 1911 (aged 67) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Emil Vett (7 November 1843 – 18 February 1911) was a Danish businessman who was a co-founder of Magasin du Nord.
Vatt was born on 7 November 1843 in Rødby on Lolland, the son of medical doctor Julius Theodor Emil Vett (1808–1869) and Karen Petrine Bjørn (1813–1881). At the age of 14, he became an apprentice in C. B. Christensen's textile shop in Aarhus. He worked in the shop for a total of nine years and ended up heading it for around a year after the owner had fallen ill. After C. B. Christensen's death, Vett worked briefly in Emil Secher's fashion shop.[1]
Career
In 1868 Vett established Emil Vett & Co. in a partnership with Theodor Wessel. In 1876 Vett and Wessel moved the firm to Copenhagen. Over the next years it developed into the largest department store in the country under the name Magasin du Nord.[1] The firm established its own textile factory on Landskronagade in Østerbro in 1887.[2]
Other activities
After partly retiring from the day-to-day management of his firm, in around 1900, Vett took active part in a number of charities such as the Danish Tuberculosis Society (Nationalforeningen til tuberkulosens bekæmpelse), Julemærkefonden and the organisation behind Høstblomsten. He was also involved in the establishment of Idrætsparken in Østerbro.[3]
From 1885 to 1911 he was a specialist member of the Maritime and Commercial Court (Sø-og handelsretten) and from 1904 to 1911 he was a member of Bank of Denmark's Board of Representatives.[1]
In 1893 Vett and Wessel established a pension and welfare fund (pensions-og understøttelseskasse) for the employees in the firm.
