Gustavus Franklin Swift
by National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/science Photo Library
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Gustavus Franklin Swift
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/science Photo Library
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Gustavus Franklin Swift (1839-1903), American business executive. Swift worked in the livestock and animal slaughtering business from the age of 14. He later founded Swift & Company in Chicago in 1885. Swift revolutionized the meat-packing industry by using new refrigeration technology, rail and production line methods. He also promoted that the unused parts of animals should be turned into glue, soap, fertilizer and oleomargarine.
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