- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
John T. Underwood
Underwood Typewriter Company
1903 - 1927
Fabricated Goods
b. 1857
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Born-Died | 1857 - 1937 |
| Birthplace | England |
| Race | White |
| Father | Owner, Small Business |
Purchasing the rights to the only “visible” typewriter available at the time, Underwood led his company to extreme success. By 1915, he had created the “largest and most complete typewriter factory in the world,” and his company was producing some 500 machines a day, all of which had a superior “visible” design, the first design which enabled the user to see what they typed.