George A. Hormel

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George Albert Hormel (born December 4, 1860 in Buffalo , New York , † June 5, 1946 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the food manufacturer Hormel .

Hormel was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of German immigrants John G. Hormel and Susanna Decker. In 1865 the family moved to Toledo , Ohio . Due to the failure of his father's business, he had to leave school in 1873 and take on temporary jobs. Two years later he went to Chicago and worked in his uncle's meat processing business. He then worked as a wool merchant for a while. In 1887 he moved to Austin , Minnesota , where he and Albrect Friedrich founded a company for the production and sale of meat products. Since Friedrich was against further expansion of the company, the two parted ways in September 1891. Hormel bought an old dairy building and continued his own business under the name George A. Hormel & Company . The company grew steadily and by the 1920s had developed into an important company in the industry in the American Midwest. In 1929, George Hormel handed over management to his son Jay Catherwood Hormel. For the company's 50th anniversary in 1941, George and Jay Hormel founded The Hormel Foundation and the Hormel Institute , which conducts research in collaboration with the University of Minnesota .

George Hormel was married to Lillian Belle Gleason. They had a son.

literature

  • John N. Ingham: Biographical dictionary of American business leaders . Greenwood Pub Group Inc, 1983, ISBN 0313213623 , pp. 623-625.

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SURNAME Hormel, George A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hormel, George Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1946
Place of death Los Angeles , California