Hershey
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
COMPANY
Founded in 1894 by Milton Hershey as the Hershey Chocolate Co. Acquired H. B. Reese Candy Company in 1963, Peter Paul and Cadbury in 1988. Products include Almond Joy candy bars, Bar None Wafer Bars, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Carefree sugarless gum, 5th Avenue bars, Good & Plenty, Hershey's Bars, Hershey's Syrups, Ice Breakers, Jolly Ranchers, Kisses, Kit Kats, Krackel Chocolate Bar, Life Savers, Luden's Throat Drops, Mello Mints, Milk Duds, Mr Goodbar, Mounds bars, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Reese's NutRageous, Reese's Pieces, Rolo Caramels, Skors, Twizzlers, Whatchamacallit bars, and Whoppers.
Official Website:
http://www.hersheys.com/
Industry:
Food
Ticker:
NYSE:HSY
Corporate headquarters:
Hershey, PA
Sales:
$4.4B (2004)
Employees:
16,000 (2004)
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Hershey | Business | 13-Sep-1857 | 13-Oct-1945 | Founder of Hershey's |
| Richard H. Lenny | Business | c. 1952 | CEO of Hershey, 2001-07 | |
| Joseph P. Viviano | Business | c. 1937 | Vice Chairman of Hershey, 1999-2000 | |
| David J. West | Business | c. 1964 | CEO of Del Monte | |
| Kenneth L. Wolfe | Business | c. 1940 | CEO of Hershey, 1994-2001 |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert F. Cavanaugh | Business | c. 1959 | DLJ Capital Partners | |
| Charles A. Davis | Business | c. 1949 | Vice Chairman of Marsh & McLennan, 1999-2004 | |
| Arnold G. Langbo | Business | c. 1938 | CEO of Kellogg, 1990-2000 | |
| Tom Ridge | Politician | 26-Aug-1945 | US Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-04 | |
| Charles B. Strauss | Business | c. 1943 | CEO of Unilever USA, 2000-04 | |
| Kenneth L. Wolfe | Business | c. 1940 | CEO of Hershey, 1994-2001 |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon A. Boscia | Business | c. 1951 | CEO of Lincoln National, 1998-2007 | |
| Robert H. Campbell | Business | c. 1937 | CEO of Sunoco, 1991-2000 | |
| Gary P. Coughlan | Business | c. 1944 | CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001 | |
| Harriet Edelman | Business | c. 1955 | Senior VP at Avon, 2000-08 | |
| Bonnie G. Hill | Business | 30-Oct-1941 | VP of Times Mirror Co., 1997-2001 | |
| Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. | Business | c. 1959 | Group President at American Express | |
| Edward J. Kelly III | Business | c. 1953 | CEO of Mercantile Bankshares, 2001-07 | |
| Richard H. Lenny | Business | c. 1952 | CEO of Hershey, 2001-07 | |
| Allan Z. Loren | Business | c. 1938 | CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, 2000-05 | |
| Mackey J. McDonald | Business | 1-Nov-1946 | CEO of VF Corporation, 1996-2008 | |
| Francine I. Neff | Government | 6-Dec-1925 | 9-Feb-2010 | US Treasurer, 1974-77 |
| Marie J. Toulantis | Business | c. 1959 | CEO of Barnes & Noble Website | |
| Joseph P. Viviano | Business | c. 1937 | Vice Chairman of Hershey, 1999-2000 | |
| David J. West | Business | c. 1964 | CEO of Del Monte |
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. B. Reese | Business | 24-May-1879 | 16-May-1956 | Peanut butter cups |
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Levy | Business | c. 1944 | CEO of Activision, 1979-86 |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrice Morvan | Dancer | 16-May-1966 | Half of Milli Vanilli | |
| Rob Pilatus | Dancer | 8-Jun-1965 | 2-Apr-1998 | Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
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