James L. Kraft

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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