Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Hershey, Pennsylvania, for a business meeting. The place, as you can imagine, is steeped in the legacy of Milton Hershey, whose name is synonymous not only with chocolate but also with a school, a medical center, and a whole complex of family attractions. It's an almost universally recognized name, and yet it took actually being in the town to really understand just how incredibly far-reaching his achievements were from 100+ years ago:
* Bringing milk chocolate to the masses
* Creating one of the world's most valuable and most well-known brands
* Birthing the rare company town that was benevolent to its workers
* Casting a vision for a true live/work/play community way before it was cool
* Laying the foundation for numerous charitable efforts that continue to make a difference today
Entrepreneur, town builder, philanthropist, and advocate. I'd say that's a life well lived!
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