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William Wrigley, Jr.
Wrigley started his own business in 1892, which primarily produced soap and baking powder, but also chewing gum. Not long after his business opened, Wrigley realized the chewing gum was his most popular item and decided to market it more heavily. In order to popularize... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Sigfried Weis
Weis was instrumental in managing the growth of Weis Markets, often noted as the most profitable supermarket chain in the United States. Weis took the company public in 1965 and went on to produce over 25 consecutive years of successful financial performance. The... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Ernest T. Weir
Having formed National Steel through the consolidation of three small steel firms and a furnace company, Weir managed his enterprise in a somewhat hard-line manner, implementing whatever profit-generating methods he deemed appropriate. These measures, coupled with the... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Joseph D. Brenner
Brenner led AMP’s rapid growth as the world’s largest electrical device manufacturer while generating exceptional financial returns. Every year during his tenure, AMP was ranked as one of the Top 50 companies in terms of market value growth and performance. View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
William L. Stewart
Assuming control of Union Oil from his father, William Stewart’s first task was to repair the company’s finances, which had suffered under his father’s huge waves of expansion. Stewart accomplished this without problems and guided Union to profitability, capitalizing... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Thomas M. Rauch
Through significant investments in research and development, Rauch enabled Smith Kline to build a pipeline of new products and drug applications. During his leadership, Smith Kline’s revenues increased from $259 million to $357 million – continuing a 23-year trend of... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
John H. Pew
John Pew, along with his younger brother Joseph Jr., took control of their father's company in 1912. The Pew brothers grew it from a small firm, with just a 0.9% share of the overall industrial production of oil, into the country's 15th largest oil refiner in 1941.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
James S. Bell
Bell created the brand name Gold Medal for his company's flour. During the 1890s, Bell created selling and buying networks as part of a vigorous program of vertical integration. Bell also increased the company's production from 8,000 barrels per day to 28,000 barrels... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
John J. McCloy
McCloy orchestrated the merger between Chase and Manhattan, forming the second largest commercial bank in the United States. Educated as a lawyer, McCloy was very active and successful in a variety of fields. He pursued private law, served as an advisor to the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Howard O. Beaver, Jr.
Beaver spent his entire professional career with Carpenter, building it into one of the largest suppliers of specialty metal products in the United States. During his tenure as CEO, he nearly tripled revenues from roughly $150 million to over $400 million and... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Robert W. Johnson
Johnson created a large-scale medical products company, specializing in surgical dressings and medical supplies for hospital markets. His name and products have become synonymous with quality health care treatment. View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca
Iacocca, former president of Ford Motor Company, took over Chrysler when it was leaning towards bankruptcy. He asked Congress for a loan, arguing that if Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the government would have to spend more on unemployment compensation than on keeping... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
George W. Hill
Hill led the American Tobacco Company (Pall Mall, Lucky Strike) into the era of mass advertising. By the end of his life, he was regarded by many as the world’s most successful salesman, a corporate genius whose company consistently made money even during the... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Henry J. Heinz II
Heinz II engineered immense growth for the food products firm. In his first few years as president, Heinz took advantage of the postwar boom in the American economy and took the firm public in 1946. Through an extensive and well-planned set of acquisitions and other... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Leonard Abramson
Abramson accurately predicted the need for prepaid medical plans to manage spiraling medical spending in the 60’s and 70’s and founded U. S. Healthcare to capitalize on this opportunity. Abramson built a fast-growing and extremely profitable business culminating in an... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Arthur C. Dorrance
In 1931, Dorrance began radio advertising, sponsoring famous radio programs like the George Burns & Gracie Allen Show and the Campbell Playhouse. Dorrance introduced Cream of Mushroom Soup in 1934, and in the same year renamed “Chicken with Noodles” soup “Chicken... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 21 Jun 2023
Top Business Schools Discuss: The Value of an MBA
Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of students in business school and beyond. The event will feature a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered
industry. In 1950, he became director of industrial and public relations at the Atlas Chemical Company in Wilmington, Delaware, before joining the HBS faculty six years later. A memorial service will be held in Pennsylvania this spring.... View Details
Henry R. Towne
Assuming sole leadership of the company after the death of his partner Linus Yale, Towne would go on to revolutionize the lock industry. Capitalizing on one of Yale’s less favorite designs, Towne recognized that the heart of the lock could be mass-produced with... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods