- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Charles D. Wiman
Deere & Company
1928 - 1955
Construction & Real Estate
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1892
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | Yale University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1892 - 1955 |
| Birthplace | New York (NY) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Head, Same Company |
As the great-grandson of the company founder, Wiman was principally responsible for expanding and modernizing Deere’s operations, putting it on a path to become the largest and most successful supplier of large-scale agricultural equipment in the United States. Under his leadership, Deere’s business grew five-fold and the name John Deere became synonymous with quality and reliability.