‘Exodus’ survivor inspires son who sold SodaStream for $3.2 billion

Rabbi Birnbaum’s life story makes the sale of his son’s company even more unlikely. Birnbaum, 89, was born in what is now Slovakia and initially was in hiding during the Holocaust.

SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum congratulated by his father, Rabbi Ervin Birnbaum, at Monday's press conference in which Birnbaum announced that he had sold the company to PepsiCo

(photo credit: LENS PRODUCTIONS)

ByGIL HOFFMAN

AUGUST 24, 2018 00:28

‘Exodus’ survivor inspires son who sold SodaStream for $3.2 billion

Rabbi Birnbaum’s life story makes the sale of his son’s company even more unlikely. Birnbaum, 89, was born in what is now Slovakia and initially was in hiding during the Holocaust.

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‘Exodus’ survivor inspires son who sold SodaStream for $3.2 billion

Rabbi Birnbaum’s life story makes the sale of his son’s company even more unlikely. Birnbaum, 89, was born in what is now Slovakia and initially was in hiding during the Holocaust.

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