Oscar mayer biography
Oscar mayer biography
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Oscar F. Mayer
German-American entrepreneur
Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (March 29, 1859 – March 11, 1955) was a German American who founded the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer that bears his name.
Early life and career
Mayer was born in Kösingen (now part of Neresheim), in the Kingdom of Württemberg, where his family had been foresters and ministers for generations. While he was a child, Württemberg became part of the German Empire.
In 1873 he emigrated to the United States and lived in Detroit with his cousin, John Schroll.
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He worked in that city's meat market and in 1876 moved to Chicago with the Schrolls. Mayer found work at Armour & Company in Chicago's North Side. In 1880, he shared his idea of starting his own meat business with his younger brother, Gottfried, who was back in Germany.
He asked Gottfried to begin studying the sausage-making process. Meanwhile, Oscar began saving money for the venture. Three years later, he started a butcher and sausage-making sho