- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Franklin P. Perdue
Perdue Farms
1953 - 1988
Food & Tobacco
b. 1920
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Born-Died | 1920 |
| Birthplace | Maryland (MD) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Head, Same Company |
Under Perdue’s total-control leadership style, Perdue Farms grew from a small Maryland chicken farm into the United States’ third largest chicken producer with sales of almost $1 billion in the late 1980s. Perdue built his business on quality, becoming the personal spokesperson for the first-ever real brand name chicken.