Samuel Glazer

Samuel Lewis Glazer (February 24, 1923 – March 21, 2012) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Glazer founded North American Systems with his business partner, Vincent Marotta Sr. and the two also co-developed Mr. Coffee, one of the first automatic drip coffee makers to be introduced to the American consumer market.

Introduced in 1972, Mr. Coffee proved wildly popular with consumers and revolutionized the way Americans made and consumed coffee in their homes. the son of Isador and Yetta Gross Glazer, on February 24, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio as his family's fourth child. an exclusive community developed by Westinghouse. Glazer's longtime business partner Vincent Marotta told the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Sam Glazer and I were business partners for 60-some years and close friends longer than that... He was a true and faithful friend and a wonderful partner."