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Marjorie Merriweather Post (March 15, 1887 – September 12, 1973) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist. She was the daughter of C. W. Post and the owner of General Foods Corporation. For much of Marjorie Post's life, she was known as the wealthiest woman in the United States. [1] [2]
Merrill was born in New York City on December 29, 1923, but for many years, her date of birth was given as December 9, 1925. [3] [4] She was the only child of Post Cereals heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, Wall Street stockbroker Edward Francis Hutton, founder of E. F. Hutton & Co. [5] Merrill had two older half-sisters, Adelaide Brevoort Close (July 26, 1908 ...
General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William (C. W.) Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895.. The company changed its name to "General Foods" in 1929, after several corporate acquisitions, by Marjorie Merriweather Post after she inherited the established cereal business from her father, C. W. Post.
More: Memory Lane: Marjorie Merriweather Post loved to dance Herpel's family business would serve Mar-a-Lago for years to come, from its time as a federal government asset in the 1970s, to its ...
If only Marjorie Merriweather Post were here to see this, I think, as our crew clamber up square riggings more than a hundred feet off the deck to unfurl 20 massive sails: loosening ties and ...
Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Park Great Camp bought in 1920 and substantially expanded and renovated in 1923 by Marjorie Merriweather Post, former owner of General Foods and the daughter of C. W. Post.
Their rival company, Post, another family dynasty run by a descendent (Marjorie Post, played by Amy Schumer), are the also-ran losers. They’re Pepsi to Kellogg’s’ Coke, Burger King to their ...
Davies married his second wife Marjorie Merriweather Post in December 1935. [9] She was an heiress to the Postum Cereal Company (which later turned into General Foods ). When Charles William Post died in 1914, Marjorie, as his only child, reportedly became the wealthiest woman in the United States. [ 10 ]