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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 .
Marijke Elizabeth Mars (born 1965) – daughter of Forrest E. Mars Jr. and Virginia C. Mars [17] [18] Stephen J. Doyle – husband of Marijke Elizabeth Mars (married 1991) [ 17 ] (divorced 2000) Deborah Adair Clarke – second wife of Forrest E. Mars Jr. [ 12 ] (divorced 2010)
Forrest Edward Mars Jr. (August 16, 1931 – July 26, 2016) was an American heir and businessman. He was the eldest son of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars Sr., and the grandson of Franklin Clarence Mars, the founder of Mars Inc. He served as co-president of the confectionery company from 1975 to 1999. [3]
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 .
It's a wonderful principle that Forrest Mars Sr. [son of Mars Inc. founder Frank C. Mars] laid down in 1947. And he said that the sole purpose of Mars was to create value for everybody we engage ...
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 ...
Originally invented as a World War II snack for American soldiers, the tasty nuggets are the brainchild of Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie. You know them as M and M. With 15 flavors currently ...
Mars is reputed to have been generous to his workers, who received free candy bars, as well as small loans and other forms of assistance. [3] Mars died in 1934, too soon to see the success of the farming operations. He was buried in a mausoleum on Milky Way Farm. His widow, Ethel Mars, oversaw the planned livestock operations.