John Francis Queeny [SEP] place of birth
John Francis Queeny
John Francis Queeny (August 17, 1859 – March 19, 1933) was an American businessman. He founded the Monsanto Chemical Works (later the Monsanto Company) in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1901, with $5,000. He named the company for his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended school for 6 years until the Great Chicago Fire forced him, at the age of 12, to look for full-time employment, which he
Edgar Monsanto Queeny
Edgar Monsanto Queeny (September 29, 1897 - July 7, 1968) was a US industrialist, chairman of the Monsanto corporation from 1928 until his retirement in 1960.
Edgar Monsanto Queeny was the son of John Francis Queeny and his wife, Olga Méndez Monsanto. In the First World War, he served as a seaman in the US Navy.
Edgar Monsanto Queeny took over the leadership of Monsanto, which had been founded by his father, in 1928. At this time, it had just