Ernesto Moos

Published: 06 February, 2006

Ernesto Moos has written from Switzerland to point out that 'since Bill Carey's passing, regretfully, I can now claim the title of the 'oldest active in the international hide trade (for better or for worse)'. Writing in December 2005, he admitted that 'in some weeks time I'll reach the round figure of 80 winters and summers behind me.'

He is still actively involved with the 'oldest hide trading name since the Moos name entered into the hide trade with my great grand- father Elias Moos in 1837.' The original Moos started his hide trading firm in southern Germany. Later, the father of Ernesto, Sami Moos, took the business to Argentina in 1922.