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    Thomas S. Monaghan

    Monaghan founded the second largest pizza retailer in the United States. He discovered an effective new formula for Domino’s pizza, simplified the menu, limited toppings and pizza sizes, and concentrated on making deliveries in record time. In 1984, his company was the... View Details
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      Forrest E. Mars, Sr.

      Under his leadership, Mars built the world’s largest candy company. After Milky Way’s and M&M’s success, he began to diversify the company’s production and introduced packaged pet foods to the British market. He also adopted a revolutionary method of processing... View Details
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        William E. LaMothe

        LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s international operations –... View Details
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          Milton S. Hershey

          Hershey founded the first mass market chocolate company in 1900. His chocolate bar was so popular that the company did not advertise it until 25 years after his death. The company’s sales grew rapidly from $622,000 in 1901 to $55 million in 1941. The Hershey factory... View Details
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            Ralph A. Hart

            Hart was instrumental in taking the newly public company, Heublein, to new heights. He grew revenues five-fold (from $100 million to $500 million) and dramatically expanded Heublein’s international footprint with production facilities in 34 countries. Under his... View Details
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              Bowman Gray

              Gray developed the famous advertising slogan for Camel cigarettes: “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.” An early radio advertiser, Gray sponsored the Camel Pleasure Hour in the 1930s. Gray led the campaign against Lucky Strike, which vied with Camel for the top spot in the... View Details
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                Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.

                Gerber took over his father’s small canning business in 1917 and refashioned it into a leading producer of baby food products. When Gerber introduced strained baby food in 1928, the market was virtually untapped. At the time, baby food was available by prescription at... View Details
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                  Earl D. Babst

                  When Babst took over the helm of American Sugar Refining, he embarked on a major investment in equipment and initiated the construction of a modern refinery in Baltimore, Maryland. During his tenure, Babst also built and purchased mills in Cuba. Babst developed the... View Details
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                    J. Paul Austin

                    Austin was instrumental in building Coke’s international presence. This was dramatically exhibited by his development of an exclusive agreement to market Coke in China in 1978. During his tenure as Coke’s third CEO, the company produced 15 consecutive years of market... View Details
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                      Debra J. S. Fields

                      Capitalizing on the trend of upscale home baked goods, Fields began the company with one store in California in 1977 and, by 1984, had expanded to 160 stores in the United States and four international locations, generating $45 million a year in revenues. Fields’... View Details
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                        John T. Dorrance

                        In 1899, Dorrance invented the process for making condensed soup, reducing canning and shipping costs by two-thirds. As a result of Dorrance’s invention, Campbell Soup became the first soup company to achieve national distribution. Within five years, Campbell’s Soup... View Details
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                          Henry P. Crowell

                          Whereas traditional producers marketed oatmeal to wholesalers, Crowell packaged and marketed his brand of oatmeal, Quaker Oats, nation-wide as a breakfast cereal, a unique product at the time. Crowell utilized aggressive marketing strategies to promote the Quaker Oats... View Details
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                            Peter H. Coors

                            Taking the helm of the business from his father, Peter set out to re-invent the company which had been overshadowed by the political opinions and approaches of its former business leaders. Peter established solid relations with the company's unions and began a highly... View Details
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                              Colby M. Chester

                              Under Chester’s leadership, General Foods’ annual sales rose from $25 million in 1924 to $120 million in 1935. In 1927, Chester began manufacturing Sanka Coffee, and in 1928, he acquired the Cheek-Neal Coffee Company, makers of Maxwell House Coffee. Chester continued... View Details
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                                Adolphus Busch

                                Joining his father-in-law’s company in 1864, Busch, along with Carl Conrad, developed the formula for Budweiser beer, which became the bestselling beer in the country. Taking the helm of the company in 1913, Busch developed a process for pasteurizing beer that enabled... View Details
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                                  John H. Bryan, Jr.

                                  When Bryan took over Consolidated Foods, later renamed the Sara Lee Corporation, the company was a $2.5 billion dollar conglomerate. Bryan made significant acquisitions including the Hanes Corporation, which experienced a doubling of sales from $450 to $900 million. By... View Details
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                                  Andrew H. Tisch

                                  its five subsidiaries — the Bulova Watch Company, insurer CNA Financial, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Loews Hotels, and the Lorillard Tobacco Company — and from other investments. Since 1997, when the founders passed the baton to the next... View Details

                                    Charles R. Shoemate

                                    Shoemate presided over a dramatic growth period for CPC International (maker of Hellman’s mayonnaise, Thomas English muffins, and Knorr soups), building it into one of the world’s largest food producers. Through skillful acquisitions, CPC built a formidable... View Details
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                                      Franklin P. Perdue

                                      Under Perdue’s total-control leadership style, Perdue Farms grew from a small Maryland chicken farm into the United States’ third largest chicken producer with sales of almost $1 billion in the late 1980s. Perdue built his business on quality, becoming the personal... View Details
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                                        James L. Kraft

                                        Kraft created a multi-million dollar processed food supply company. He was instrumental in perfecting the method of preserving cheese, so that it could be stored for a longer period of time in any climate. Consumption of cheese in America per capita increased by 50%... View Details
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