William Wrigley Jr. biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of William Wrigley Jr.

Author Name:

William Wrigley Jr.

Born As:

William Wrigley Jr.

Other Names:

Born:

30 Sep 1861

Died:

26 Jan 1932




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Chewing gum industrialist                          
                          
Parents William and Mary A. Ladley

Wife Ada - two children Dorothy and Phillip Knight.                          
                          
Wrigley left his fortune to daughter Dorothy Wrigley Offield, and son, P.K. Wrigley, who continued to run the company businesses for the next 45 years until his death.
His great-grandson William Wrigley, Jr. II is the executive-chairman and ex CEO of the Wrigley Company.