Louis Swift

Louis Franklin Swift (September 27, 1861 – May 12, 1937 ) was an American industrialist.

Biography Born in Sagamore, Massachusetts, Swift moved with his family to Chicago, Illinois, in 1875, when the city's cattle market was expanding. His father Gustavus had developed refrigerated railway cars for transporting fresh meat to eastern markets, enabling processed meat to be shipped directly from slaughterhouses in Chicago. During his tenure, Swift & Company expanded its product range into dairy and poultry, and developed industrial uses for slaughter by-products, such as soap, fertilizer, glue, and oleomargarine.

From 1931 to 1932, Swift served as chairman of the company's board. In 1927, he co-authored a biography of his father, titled The Yankee of the Yards, with Arthur Van Vlissingen, Jr.