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Business & Entrepreneurship
Amedeo Obici
1877–1947Oderzo, ItalyFirst-generation immigrantHistoric
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Why Included
Immigrant founder of Planters Nut Company whose brand helped shape packaged-snack marketing in America.
Notable For
- Founded Planters Nut and Chocolate Company (1906)
- Created Mr. Peanut mascot (1916)
- Built one of the largest snack food companies in the U.S.
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Business & Entrepreneurship
- Years
- 1877–1947
- Birth Place
- Oderzo, Italy
- Origin
- First-generation immigrant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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