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A fourth generation member of the famous chewing gum family, William Wrigley Jr. currently sits as chief executive officer of the William Wrigley Jr. Company. The company was founded in 1893 by Wrigley's great-grandfather of the same name. The patriarch originally offered gum as a gift with the purchase of soap from his soap company. The soap wasn't half as popular as the gum and eventually Wrigley's Spearmint Gum came into existence. Educated at Duke University in North Carolina, Wrigley received a Bachelor's degree in economics in 1985.

After university, Wrigley joined the family company as assistant to the president with later responsibility for operations in Canada. During his career, Wrigley has been instrumental in marketing Wrigley brands all over the world. In fact, Wrigley sells more gum internationally than at home in the United States. In 1999, Wrigley's father passed away due to complications stemming from pneumonia. Wrigley Jr. was then named acting pr...

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