Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century
Franklin P. Perdue
Perdue Farms
1953–1988
1953–1988
Perdue Farms
1953–1988
1953–1988
- Industry: Food & Tobacco
- Era: 1950
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.
Personal
- Born-Died: 1920
- Birthplace: Maryland
- Race: White
- Gender: Male
- Father: Head, Same Company