Hugo Boss (businessman)

Hugo Boss
Hugo in 1933
Born	Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885-07-08)8 July 1885 Metzingen, Württemberg, German Empire
Died	9 August 1948(1948-08-09) (aged 63) Metzingen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Allied-occupied Germany
Occupations	Businessman entrepreneur
Known for	Founding the Hugo Boss luxury clothing company
Political party	Nazi Party (1931–1945)

Hugo Ferdinand Boss (8 July 1885 – 9 August 1948)^[1] was a German businessman and an early member of the Nazi Party. He was the founder of the fashion house Hugo Boss AG.

He was an active member of the Nazi Party from 1931, and remained so until Nazi Germany's capitulation. His clothing company also utilized forced labour drawn from German-occupied territories and POW camps, to manufacture uniforms for the SS and later the Wehrmacht.