JAMES L. KRAFT

'James Lewis (J.L.) Kraft' (1874–1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor. Born near Stevensville, Ontario to Mennonite parents, he was the first to patent processed cheese and, after moving to Chicago in 1903, founded J.L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which would later become 'Kraft Foods Inc'. He served as the company's president from 1909 to 1953.

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★ From Cheese to Cheese Food: How Kraft persuaded Americans to accept cheese by divorcing it from its microbe-laden origins.

★ Short biography of J. Kraft at Kraft Foods

★ Long biography of J. Kraft at Kraft Foods Australia

★ Biography at Harvard Business School's 20th Century American Leaders Database