James L. Kraft

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James L. Kraft was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and cheese manufacturer who founded the company that became Kraft Foods, one of the world’s largest food and beverage corporations.

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instanceOf cheese manufacturer
entrepreneur
person
associatedCompany Kraft Foods Inc. NERFINISHED
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation NERFINISHED
birthDate 1874-12-11
birthPlace Stevensville, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED
burialPlace Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
businessModelInnovation developed methods for packaging and distributing cheese to retailers
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United States of America
deathDate 1953-02-16
era early 20th century
late 19th century
familyName Kraft NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cheese production
food marketing
food processing
founded J. L. Kraft & Bros. Company NERFINISHED
Kraft Foods NERFINISHED
fullName James Lewis Kraft NERFINISHED
givenName James
industry dairy industry
food industry
knownFor founding Kraft Foods
pioneering processed cheese products
nationality Canadian-American
notableAchievement expanded a small cheese wholesaling business into a major food corporation
introduced processed cheese that could be shipped long distances without spoiling
secured patents related to processed cheese
notableFor building one of the world’s largest food and beverage corporations
notableWork development and commercialization of processed cheese
occupation business executive
cheese maker
entrepreneur
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
positionHeld chairman of Kraft Foods
president of Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation
religion Baptist
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
sibling Charles Herbert Kraft NERFINISHED
Frederick J. Kraft NERFINISHED
Harry Kraft NERFINISHED
Norman Kraft NERFINISHED
spouse Pauline Kraft NERFINISHED

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Kraft Foods foundedBy James L. Kraft