Otto Louis Kinz was born to German immigrants in Union City, New Jersey on December 7, 1896. His father, Philip Kinz, was a barber born in Ladenburg, Baden, Germany. His mother, Helma Eberhardt was born the daughter of a butcher in Grossbreitenbach, Thuringia, Germany.
In 1945, He resigned his position. Otto Kinz became a corporal in the United States Army during World War I but was never stationed overseas. After World War I, Otto Kinz worked as a bookkeeper, eventually becoming a Certified Public Accountants. After working some years at the accounting firm of South Doctorate Leidesdorf & Company, in 1930, he joined Weber & Heilbroner, a haberdasher.
During this time he also held the same position of treasurer and board member at Brokaw Bros
In approximately 1941, Otto Kinz was elevated from secretary/treasurer to president of Oppenheim Collins & Company
At the time of his election, he retaining his job as treasurer, turning over the duties of secretary to Robert Kenton. Citing a desire to rest, in October 1945 Otto Kinz resigned from Oppenheim Collins & Company
He stayed with the company for four years eventually becoming treasurer and a member of the board of directors. In 1934, Otto Kinz joined Oppenheim Collins as treasurer and member of the board of directors.
