McCain, Harrison

McCain, Harrison
▪ 2005

      Canadian entrepreneur (b. Nov. 3, 1927, Florenceville, N.B.—d. March 18, 2004, Boston, Mass.), launched (1956) McCain Foods Ltd. (with his brother Wallace), which grew steadily under his leadership to become the world's leading supplier of frozen, oven-ready French fries. McCain's driving force behind the business catapulted it from a rural 30-person operation headquartered in his hometown in the late 1950s to a $6.4 billion enterprise that employed approximately 18,000 people and operated 55 facilities worldwide in 2003. Nicknamed the “king of the frozen French fry,” McCain was recognized by Forbes magazine in its 2004 list of billionaires.

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