About Mars family
- The Mars family own Mars Inc., one of the world's largest candy and pet food companies, with sales of $47 billion.
- Some family members work at the company and serve on the board of directors.
- Mars was founded in 1911 when Frank Mars started selling candy out of his kitchen in Tacoma, Washington.
- Frank's son, Forrest Sr., joined the company in 1929 and helped his father develop the malt-flavored nougat that became the basis of Milky Way.
- In 2017 Mars expanded its pet care division with the $9 billion acquisition of animal hospital company VCA.
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- Fortune Founded
- 1911
- Source of Wealth
- candy
- Company Headquarters
- McLean, Virginia
Did you know
M&Ms were introduced in 1941. Today the company produces 400 million in the U.S. each day.
The company changed the name of Uncle Ben's rice to Ben's Original in September 2020.
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