Armour, Philip Danforth

Armour, Philip Danforth
(16 may. 1832, Stockbridge, N.Y., EE.UU.–6 ene. 1901, Chicago, Ill.).

Empresario estadounidense de gran espíritu innovador. Sus primeros éxitos empresariales fueron en proyectos mineros en California. En 1875 expandió fuertemente el negocio familiar de granos y carne envasada ubicado en la zona del medio oeste del país, e inició el uso de los subproductos de la carne y la venta de carne enlatada. Con la introducción de los frigoríficos en la década de 1880 (ver Gustavus Franklin Swift), Armour establecío plantas distribuidoras en los estados del este del país y comenzó a exportar sus productos cárnicos a Europa. Sus empresas Armour & Co. contribuyeron a que la ciudad de Chicago se convirtiera en la capital mundial de la carne envasada.

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