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- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
Agracel owns over six million square feet of industrial space, 15 business parks, and a short-line railroad. While achieving this professional success, Schultz, who was named Ernst & Young's 2005 Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year, has... View Details
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Teaching Guidelines - Creating Emerging Markets
of the Andes (Colombia), University of Glasgow (Scotland), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA), and the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania (USA). For ideas on ways that you may utilize CEM transcripts and video... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?
Summers as a potential 2019 challenger to current mayor Rahm Emanuel or a contender for the Illinois governorship. Summers, who aspired from a young age to be an investment banker and worked at Goldman Sachs before joining the public... View Details
Gustavus F. Swift, Jr.
Despite the antitrust complications that had arisen during his brother Louis’ term as president, Gustavus attempted to keep the family business together, doing all he could to maintain Swift and Company’s position of leadership in the meat packing industry. View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Lyle C. Roll
Under Roll’s tenure, Kellogg continued its 20 consecutive years of growth in revenues and earnings. Through strategic acquisitions of Salada and Fearn, international expansion, and new product introductions (most notably Eggo Frozen Waffles and Frosted Mini-Wheats),... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Charles W. Post
Having been inspired by a drink served at the Kellogg brothers’ sanitarium, Post developed an entire line of grain-based products including such famous cereal brands as Grape Nuts and Bran Flakes. Post played a pivotal role in the development of the cereal market, and... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Joseph M. Patterson
After a brief career in politics, which ended in disillusion, Patterson entered journalism full-time, first working at his family's newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, and then starting the New York Daily News on his own. The Daily News was Patterson's brainchild, and he... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Robert F. Bensinger
Bensinger, the last Brunswick family member to run the company, is credited with the company’s survival and prosperity. Taking the helm of the family company at the brink of the Depression, Bensinger embarked on a growth and diversification path. Under his direction,... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Fowler McCormick
Under McCormick’s leadership, International Harvester became the American industry’s leading farm equipment producer, doubling sales by 1947. He was also known for creating and maintaining stable relationships with employees. View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Raymond A. Kroc
Kroc capitalized on America’s “eat on the run” society. Believing in the real profits of fast food, he bought out the McDonald brothers and developed a restaurant empire. By the 1960s, he had 228 restaurants with annual sales totaling $37 million. Kroc emphasized... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
Edward G. Gardner
Gardner began mixing hair and beauty products for blacks out of his basement during the 1940s. Around 1960, he began working for another beauty supply business and when it went bankrupt, Gardner took its customers and began producing his own line of Soft Sheen... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and produced millions of tires for... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Change Channel
story about sex, nor does it need to be,” Graden explained to the New York Times (June 28, 2005). “So much connects us beyond sexuality.” Graden was raised in a small town in Illinois and attended a Christian college before graduating... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
testing of the finished product. Man bagging meat . Deepfreeze Distributors, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Mss: 641 1912 D959 1 album, 23 photographs Deepfreeze Distributors, Inc. was a Chicago-based distributor of frozen foods, including... View Details
William Wrigley III
Throughout William III’s early years at the family firm, Wrigley’s gum enjoyed a substantial lead in its industry. However, by the time he assumed the presidency in 1961, sugarless gum, and later bubble gum, were chipping away at that lead. Wrigley began to invest... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Charles R. Walgreen
Though Walgreen was trained as a pharmacist, he was an equally astute businessman. Walgreen personally manufactured some of his drugs in order to be able to maintain profitable low prices, and he also offered Walgreens branded merchandise and other services in his... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Frank A. Vanderlip
Because of his extensive study of European public and private financing systems during 1901, Vanderlip helped National City Bank become a tremendous resource for American businesses wishing to expand abroad. Vanderlip’s international interest led to the building of the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Jane Trahey
Trahey was one of the first women to own and manage a major advertising agency in the United States. A prolific copywriter and author, Trahey is credited with the inspiration for the long-running “What becomes a legend most?” campaign for Blackglama mink. Her agency... View Details
Keywords: Services
Thomas M. Siebel
Siebel founded his firm in 1993 as a provider of sales force automation systems. Though his firm quickly became a major player in sales force automation, Siebel Systems achieved tremendous growth when its software was applied to customer service functions. In many... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Edward W. Scripps
Beginning with the purchase of the Cleveland Penny Press, a cheep mass-market publication in 1878, Scripps went on to build the first newspaper chain in the United States. Through a series of acquisitions, he formed United Press International consisting of 34... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media