James L. Kraft

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birth_date = 1874
birth_place = Stevensville, Ontario
death_date = 1953
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nationality = Canadian American
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known_for = Kraft Foods Inc
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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.

External links

* [http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2001/1/2001_1_8.shtml From Cheese to Cheese Food: How Kraft persuaded Americans to accept cheese by divorcing it from its microbe-laden origins.]
* [http://www.kraft.com/About/history/ Short biography of J. Kraft at Kraft Foods]
* [http://www.kraftfoods.com.au/kraft/page?siteid=kraft-prd&locale=ausm1&PagecRef=2442&Mid=2442jlkraft Long biography of J. Kraft at Kraft Foods Australia]
* [http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/490/ Biography at Harvard Business School's 20th Century American Leaders Database]