Henry J. Heinz was one of eight children, born to parents who emigrated from Kallstadt, Germany to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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By age eight, Henry began selling goods to neighbors out of a basket he would carry around (1852).
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When he was nine, Henry was grinding and making his own horseradish sauce — it was his mother's recipe (1853)
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Demand was so strong, Heinz began to use a horse and cart to deliver his goods by age 12 (1856).
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By the time he was 25, Heinz had formed his first company with a friend. It was named Heinz Noble & Company (1869)
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But in just a few years they went bankrupt and shut down. Heinz quickly formed a new business with his cousin, the F & J Heinz Co. (1875).
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In 1888, Henry bought out his family members and launched a major factory along the Allegheny.
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In 1896 Heinz added the 57 to the bottle, after seeing a shoe store advertise 21 styles of shoes. Although he was selling more than 60 products at the time, Heinz thought 57 was lucky
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Today, Heinz sells more than 650 million bottles of ketchup every year, as well as baked beans and tomato sauce...
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Since Henry's passing, two other Heinz men have run the company
William Johnson (pictured), is the company's sixth CEO (and only the third to not have a relation to the Heinz family). Source: Heinz
Bonus: Ketchup moves out of its glass bottles at .028 miles per hour, and if you hit the 57 it'll move faster
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