One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy.

Milton S. Hershey

Entrepreneurs

Milton S. Hershey

Born in 1857 in Pennsylvania, Milton Hershey overcame three business failures before building a caramel empire, then pivoted to mass-producing milk chocolate — transforming a Swiss luxury into an affordable treat for ordinary Americans with the launch of the Hershey Bar in 1900. He used his profits to build a model company town and founded a boarding school for orphans, embedding philanthropy into the very structure of his enterprise.

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I often hear people say that the business which is built on a basis of good will and good character to all, is the business which will ultimately succeed.

Give them quality. That is the best kind of advertising.

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