John W. Tyson [SEP] manner of death
buy-out offer from Swanson, but decided to persist instead, and by the end of the decade had built the company's first processing plant in Springdale at a cost of $90,000, $15,000 above estimates. Through 1961, Tyson and his son set about increasing revenues, entering the commercial egg business in 1961 and going public, under the new name Tyson's Foods, in 1963.
John W. Tyson died in a train accident near Springdale in 1967 and was succeeded as CEO by his son.
John W. Tyson
John W. Tyson (July 26, 1905 – January 15, 1967) was an American businessman, the founder of American multinational corporation Tyson Foods and, from 1935 until his death in 1967, its Chief Executive Officer.
Biography.
Tyson was born in Mound City, Missouri, the son of Isaac F. Tyson and his wife Anna, née Skelly. Tyson's career in the poultry market began when he heard that chickens were bringing in higher prices in the northern parts of the United States than