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Thomas Adams, Jr – Short Biography
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Thomas Adams, Jr. succeeded in the world of business with a stick of gum.
That’s right, this imaginative entrepreneur struck it big time when he got the idea of making chewing gum out of surplus materials he had originally earmarked for manufacturing synthetic rubber products.
This fairly sticky idea is what made Thomas Adams, Jr.
a hugely successful businessman, chewing his way all the way to the bank.
Thomas Adams’ Sticky Road to Success
In the 1850s, two men met.
Thomas adams invented chewing gum biography books
One of them was photographer Thomas Adams; the other was Alamo conqueror and Mexico president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. In the 1860s, Adams switched from photography to a lot of other trades that while unprofitable, served as outlets for his inventiveness.
Santa Anna was exiled and came into contact with Adams in Staten Island.
Santa Anna mentioned something that might make Adams rich. It was chicle, a gummy