- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Vincent A. Gierer, Jr.
UST
1993 - Present
Food & Tobacco
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1947
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | Iona College |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1947 |
| Birthplace | New York (NY) |
| Race | White |
Gierer has presided over 8 years of consecutive growth in both revenues and earnings despite intense government-imposed new excise taxes. Gierer has been instrumental in expanding the market for smokeless tobacco, generating volume growth in a mature business line.