MILTON HERSHEY

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Born September 13,1857,Derry Township PA
• Died October 13,1945,Hershey PA

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Married Catherine Sweeney on May 25,1898
• Parents Catherine Hershey Henry Hershey

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• Milton Hershey was very hard working
• During his early years,he spent a lot of time trying to find out what his given talent was
• He took an interest in the candy business and he developed a very successful chocolate factory and school
• Milton Hershey became an apprentice to a candy-maker in Lancaster PA
• At age 19,he opened his own taffy shop in Pennsylvania

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• He received $150 loan from his mother's family.
• His business failed after 6 years.
• Milton opened a second candy shopin New York City.
• He followed his father's advice to"think big"and he expanded too quickly.
• His business failed once again.

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• Hershey accepted a job with a local manufacturer in Denver Colorado.
• Although it was a brief employment he learned how to make caramel.
• Milton returned to Pennylvania and formed his own company.
• It was called Hershey's Lancaster Caramel Company.
• He put his caramel making skills to work,and created a successful.

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• His mom and Aunt Martha hand wrapped each caramel.
• Milton would then load the caramel into the cart and sell it around town.
• An English man who was fond of Milton's caramels offered to introduce Hershey's Lancaster Caramel Company to London.
• Hershey sold his company for$1 million in 1900.
• Hershey became fascinated with the display of chocolate making equipment and the rights to manufacture chocolate.

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• He went back to the heart of Pennsylvania's dairy country to make fine milk chocolate.
• He began to build Hershey's factory in 1903.
• It opened in 1905,and became the world's largest chocolate manufacturing plant.
• He also built an entire community,which included a bank,department stores,a school,churches,an amusement park,a pool,a zoo,and a trolley system to transport his employees to and from work.
• In the 1930's, during the Great Depression,, Hershey made sure that no man would be without pay.

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• He asked the workers in his area to create a museum, a sports arena, a performance theater,a grand hotel,and a new office building for the factory.
• Milton Hershey was a very successful and true philanthropist.
• He not only created a great chocolate factory, but he also put his talents and money into a school for children with low income,limited resources,and social need
• In 1918, more than 20 years before his death in 1945, Milton Hershey donate his entire property and more than $60 million to the school in order to secure its future.
• Also, Hershey made a huge impact on the food industry and people.

OBSTACLES TO BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

• Today, the Hershey exports to over 90 countries worldwide, and is the leading North American manufacturer of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionary grocery products.

Qualities or Characteristics

• Kind, Confident, and fair.
• Milton Hershey was successful because he had tried to create a successful  so many times,but was unsuccessful.
• Then after many tries he finally created a successful company and community.

Companies, Products, and/or Services

• The Hershey company works to inspire Almond Joy and lots of Kisses.
• As a global leader in North America's top chocolate producer, the company has built a big business manufacturing such well-known chocolate and candy brands such as Hershey's,Kisses,Reese's peanut butter cups,Twizzlers licorice,and under license,Mounds candy bar,York peppermint patties,and Kit Katwafer bar.
• Hershey also makes grocery goods, including baking chocolate, chocolate syrup,cocoa mix,cookies,snack nuts,breath mints,and Bubble gum.
• Products from the chocolate king are sold to a variety of wholsale distributors And retailers throughout North America and exported over seas.

what can we learn from him

• That we have to go through some tough things to become successful, and you  need others in order to become successful.
• And never give up to become successful.

More facts

• Milton Hershey was a philanthropist who believed that " An individual is morally obligated to share the fruits of success with others".
• He measured success not in dollars, but in the good that someone could bring to his fellow human beings.

References

• Google
• Wikipedia
• greatleaders.freewebspace.com
• answers.com
• wiki.answers.com

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