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Franklin Clarence Mars (September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) – founder of Mars, Inc. Invented the Milky Way bar. Ethel G. Kissack (September 29, 1882 – April 11, 1980) [ 9 ] – first wife of Frank C. Mars (married 1902, divorced)
Franklin Clarence Mars (/ ˈ m ɑːr z /; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars Inc., which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar and founded the Ethel M Chocolate Factory .
By 1920, Mars had returned to his home state, Minnesota, where the earliest incarnation of the present day Mars company was founded that year as Mar-O-Bar Co., in Minneapolis [19] and later incorporated there as Mars, Incorporated. [14] Forrest Mars Sr., son of Frank and his first wife, Ethel G. Mars, [14] was inspired by a popular type of ...
Mars is an heiress among the members of the Mars family that founded and owns Mars Incorporated, holding shares in the company.As a member of the family, her shares of Mars, Inc. and other assets were estimated by Forbes magazine in April 2024 to be worth $38.5 billion, making her the 19th richest American, and #34 on its list of "The World's Billionaires". [7]
The Mars family is famously private and has avoided publicity, Fortune reported in a 1967 story. Siblings Jacqueline, 84, and John, 88, co-own Mars but don’t manage it, according to Business ...
Forrest Edward Mars Sr. (March 21, 1904 – July 1, 1999) was an American billionaire businessman and the driving force of the candy company Mars Inc. He is best known for introducing Milky Way (1924) and Mars (1932) chocolate bars, and M&M's (1941) chocolate, as well as orchestrating the launch of Uncle Ben's Rice.
Poul Weihrauch, CEO of Mars Inc. Credit - Marion Meakem, Courtesy of Mars ... It's a wonderful principle that Forrest Mars Sr. [son of Mars Inc. founder Frank C. Mars] laid down in 1947. And he ...
Here, the second-richest U.S. family runs Mars Inc, maker of M&M's candies and Pedigree pet food, out of a nondescript building with no corporate logo or any other identifying signage.