About Richard Ransom
Lived 1919 – 2016 (aged 96). Richard Ransom was a businessperson.
Richard K. Ransom (September 13, 1919 – April 11, 2016) was an American businessman and founder of Hickory Farms.
Life Ransom graduated from DeVilbiss High School (Toledo, Ohio) in 1938. He served in World War II, at Okinawa. Starting in 1951, he built a specialty foods business, using the technique of "free samples". He sold Hickory Farms to General Host Corporation in 1980.
Philanthropy He was on the board of the Toledo Zoo and Riverside Hospital. He was board chairman of St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy.
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American businessman
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Richard Ransom was born on 13 September 1919.
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Richard Ransom died on 11 April 2016.
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Richard Ransom was a businessperson.
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