Robert Wegman
Robert Bernard Wegman (October 14, 1918 – April 20, 2006)Wegmans Food Markets co-founder Walter Wegman. From 1969 until his death in 2006 at age 87, he was the chairman of Wegmans. In over half a century under his leadership, the family grocery business grew into one of the largest private companies in the United States.[2]
In 2005, when the company ranked #1 on Fortune magazine's list of best companies to work for, Robert Wegman is known to have said:
"This is the culmination of my life's work.[3]"
He and his wife, Peggy, grew up attending Rochester
St. John Fisher College
helped create the Wegmans School of Pharmacy and the Wegmans School of Nursing.
Mr. Wegman was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2004.
References
- ^ "Robert Bernard Wegman". geni_family_tree. October 14, 1918.
- ^ "Robert Wegman, 87, Leader in Supermarket Innovations, Dies". The New York Times. 2006-04-22.
- ^ "Robert B. Wegman, A Great Merchant".
- ^ "Robert B. Wegman".
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