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Founders of Famous American Businesses

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Dwight L. Moody (1837 - 1899)
Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School i...
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Aubrey McClendon (1959 - 2016)
Aubrey McClendon was an American businessman and the founder and chief executive officer of American Energy Partners, LP. He also co-founded Chesapeake Energy, serving as its CEO and chairman. He was a...
William Russell Frisbie (1848 - 1903)
I am the founder of the Frisbie Pie Company. --- From the English Wikipedia page on the Frisbie Pie Company: The Frisbie Pie Company was founded in 1871 by William Russell Frisbie in Bridgeport...
Huge Daniel (1906 - 1983)
Robert Hugh Daniel (1906-1983) along with his brother, Charles, founded Daniel Construction Company, which grew into one of the largest construction companies in the world with more than 40,000 employe...
Harry Zimmerman (1911 - 1986)
Harry and Mary Zimmerman founded in 1960 what became within a generation the nation’s largest catalog showroom, Service Merchandise. Both grew up in Memphis, and, after graduating from Central High S...