Franklin Clarence Mars was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar.
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Franklin Clarence Mars as a student at the Breck School in Wilder, Minnesota in 1899-1900
Milky Way Farm Manor House, May 2014.
Mars private mausoleum in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis
Mars Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company is entirely owned by the Mars family. Mars operates in four business segments around the world: Mars Wrigley Confectionery, Petcare, Food, and MARS Edge, the company's life sciences division.
Mars Wrigley US headquarters in Newark
Mars Wrigley's chocolate manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Tennessee, produces M&Ms and Twix
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