Charles A. Pillsbury
Businessman, politician, entrepreneur, industrialist, co-founder of the Pillsbury Company
1842-1899 (57)
Curt Carlson
billionaire hotelier, founder of Carlson (1938) as the Gold Bond Stamp Company, CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel), entrepreneur, acquired/merged with Rezidor, owner of Radisson, TGI Fridays
Forrest Mars
billionaire heir, son of the founder of Mars chocolate confectionary, businessman, creator of Mars bars, M&Ms, the Milky Way, Snickers, Uncle Bens
J. Paul Getty
Industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company in 1942, grandson of George Getty
1892-1976 (84)
Mark Wilf
Sports team owner, co-owner and President of the Minnesota Vikings
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Mary Pillsbury Lord
US delegate to the United Nations (UN), diplomat, civil servant, her son is Winston Lord
1904-1978 (74)
Philip W. Pillsbury
Chairman of the Pillsbury Company, grandson of the co-founder Charles Pillsbury
1903-1984 (81)
Richard W. Sears
Co-founder and 1st President of Sears-Roebuck, railroad worker at Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
1863-1914 (51)
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