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Philip Danforth Armour.
American meatpacking industrialist/founder: Chicago based Armour & Company (1832–1901)
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About Philip Danforth Armour
Philip Danforth Armour Sr. was an American meatpacking industrialist who founded the Chicago-based firm of Armour and Company. Born on a farm in upstate New York, he initially gained financial success when he made $8,000 during the California gold rush from 1852 to 1856. He later opened a wholesale soap business in Cincinnati, then moved it to Milwaukee.
Everything about Philip Danforth Armour →- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 16, 1832
- Died
- January 6, 1901