- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
F. Kenneth Iverson
Nucor Corporation
1965 - 1996
Metals
| Military Service | Navy |
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b. 1925
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | Cornell University |
| Graduate | MS, Purdue University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1925 - 2002 |
| Birthplace | Illinois (IL) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Executive, Low-/Mid-Level |
Iverson pioneered the mini steel mill and, in the process, reinvented the steel industry. By the early 1980s, Nucor Corporation had grown into the most profitable carbon-steel operation in the world. In 1984, it produced 1.5 million tons of steel, with sales of $660 million and profits of $44.5 million.