DJ Da Pree

Dirk Jan De Pree (Yuli 31,1891-Disamba 10,1990) ɗan Amurka ne mai zanen kayan daki.

 

Rayuwar farko

An haifi De Pree a Zeeland, Michigan,cikin 1891.Mahaifinsa maƙeran ne wanda ke ƙwazo a harkokin siyasa na cikin gida. Kakanninsa ƴan ƙabilar Holland ne waɗanda suka yi ƙaura zuwa Zeeland a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19.

De Pree ta sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare a 1909 kuma ta tafi aiki a matsayin magatakarda na Kamfanin Furniture na Michigan Star Furniture a Zeeland.An kafa kamfanin shekaru hudu a baya.Aikin De Pree ya ƙunshi aikin ofis na gabaɗaya,yana karɓar umarni daga shugabansa.

A cikin 1914,De Pree ya auri Nellie Miller, 'yar Herman Miller.Wannan auren ya haifi ’ya’ya maza uku,biyu daga cikinsu za su shiga harkar mahaifinsu. Ya kuma haifi 'ya'ya mata hudu.

Sana'a

A cikin 1923,De Pree ya yanke shawarar samun kasuwancin kansa.Da taimakon lamuni daga surukinsa ya sayi Kamfanin Furniture na Michigan Star Furniture.(Su biyun sun sayi 51% na hannun jari.) Ya canza sunan kamfanin Herman Miller don girmama surukinsa,wanda bai taba yin aiki a cikin kasuwancin ba.

A cikin 1960,De Pree ya kamu da rashin lafiya wanda ya yanke aikinsa. Ya sauka a matsayin Shugaba a 1961.Lokacin da ya murmure, babu sauran damarsa a matsayin Shugaba.Sabuwar ƙungiyar gudanarwa ta ƙunshi 'ya'yan Hugh da Max De Pree.DJ ya ci gaba a matsayin shugaba emeritus.

Mutuwa

De Pree ya mutu a ranar Litinin 10 ga Disamba,1990, a Fountain View Retirement Village a Holland,Michigan .Yana da shekaru 99 a duniya.