Milton hershey family biography book
The real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton S. Hershey, a largely uneducated businessman whose idealistic sense of purpose created an immense financial empire..
Milton Hershey Family Tree and Descendants
Milton S.
Hershey was a famous entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company. He was born in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, in and grew up in poverty.
In this compelling biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives us the real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton S. Hershey, a.
He dropped out of school at the age of 14 to work in a caramel factory.
In , Hershey opened his own caramel company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The company was successful, and Hershey eventually sold it for $1 million. With the money from the sale, Hershey founded the Hershey Chocolate Company in
Hershey was a pioneer in the chocolate industry.
He was the first to mass-produce milk chocolate in the United States, and he also developed a unique process for making chocolate that was more affordable and accessible to the average person.
The Hershey Chocolate Company grew rapidly under Hershey's leadership.
By the early s, it was one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Hershey also used his wealth to build a model town around the company's head