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John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola.On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to the drink shortly before his death in 1888.
Wurwand was appoint by President Obama as a Founding Member of The Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE), [16] a collaboration between American entrepreneurs, the White House, the Department of Commerce, and interagency partners.
Alltech — Aoife Louise Lyons, daughter of company founder Pearse Lyons; Alza – Alex Zaffaroni; Amdahl Corporation – Gene Amdahl; AMG – Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher (Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach) Amon – Chris Amon; Amstrad – Alan Sugar (Alan Michael Sugar Trading) Anatra – Artur Antonovich Anatra; Andrea Moda Formula ...
Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907 – October 3, 1983) was an American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food, and for founding the related home products company that bears his name, Tupperware Plastics Company.
Stephen Gary Wozniak (/ ˈ w ɒ z n i æ k /; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname Woz, is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner Steve Jobs.
Later the business was conducted and is still known as the American Express Company, among the greatest corporations of the country” [6] Because of the pioneering success to establish an express company, other entrepreneurs in upstate New York, not far from John Butterfield's home in Utica, also started express companies by using Butterfield ...
Charles Haskell Revson (October 11, 1906 – August 24, 1975) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was best known as a pioneering figure in the American cosmetics industry as the person who created the first pigment-based nail polish and founded and managed Revlon through five decades.
William Rosenberg (June 10, 1916 – September 22, 2002) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Dunkin' Donuts franchise in 1950 [1] in Quincy, Massachusetts, one of the pioneers in name-brand franchising, originally named the "Open Kettle" doughnut shop when established in 1948. At the end of 2011, there were more than 10,000 outlets of ...