Business/ Entrepreneurs

In this section find South Carolinians who are entrepreneurs, landowners or who made great contributions to the world of business.

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Sonoco | Carolina Snaps
Sonoco | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

A small-town startup in South Carolina became a global packaging powerhouse. Discover the remarkable story of Sonoco Products Company’s 130 years of innovation and growth! Founded in 1890 as Carolina...
Darla Moore | Carolina Snaps
Darla Moore | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Did you know Darla Moore was the first woman featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine and was listed as one of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business”? Born and raised in Lake City, South...
Vardry McBee | Let's Go!
Vardry McBee | Let's Go!

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

When Vardry McBee arrived in 1815 from North Carolina, he saw Greenville's potential. He liked it because of the good land and good climate the Upcountry had to offer. So, he saw it as a good...
Burroughs, Franklin Gorham | South Carolina Public Radio
Burroughs, Franklin Gorham | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1837-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer. A native of North Carolina, Burroughs disliked farming. In 1857, he moved to Conway and went to work with a...
Montgomery, John Henry | South Carolina Public radio
Montgomery, John Henry | South Carolina Public radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"M" is for Montgomery, John Henry (1833-1902). Manufacturer, merchant. In the late 1850s, Montgomery farmed and entered into general merchandising business. After service in the Civil War, he...
Burroughs and Chapin | South Carolina Public Radio
Burroughs and Chapin | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Burroughs & Chapin. Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc., was formed in 1990 when the century-old Burroughs & Collins Company of Conway merged with Myrtle Beach Farms Company. Headquartered in...
Self, James Cuthbert | South Carolina Public Radio
Self, James Cuthbert | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“S” is for Self, James Cuthbert [1876-1955]. Textile manufacturer, philanthropist. A native of Bowles Mountain in Edgefield County [now Greenwood County], Self attended a business college in Virginia...
James Lide Coker | History of SC Slide Collection
James Lide Coker | History of SC Slide Collection
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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Born near Society Hill, James Lide Coker (1837-1918) attended local schools, the South Carolina Military Institute of Charleston, and Harvard University, where he received specialized agricultural...
William Henry Drayton | S.C. Hall of Fame
William Henry Drayton | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 4 8

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) was a planter, lawyer, and politician during the Revolutionary War. He is credited with co-designing with Arthur Middleton the...
Thomas Lynch Sr. | S.C. Hall of Fame
Thomas Lynch Sr. | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 8

Thomas Lynch Sr. (1727-1776) was a rice planter on the Santee River. One of his houses, Hopsewee, was built in 1749. Lynch attended St. James Santee Church and was a member of the Winyah Indigo...
Thomas B. Pearce | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Thomas B. Pearce | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A profile of Thomas Butler Pearce. (1888–1947) Tom Pearce built a small wholesale produce business into one of the nation's largest food distribution companies and still found time to serve his...
Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793) Eliza Lucas, who was born in 1722 in Antigua, was 16 when she took charge of her father's plantation near Charles Town and successfully managed it. In 1738, Lieutenant...
George W. Park | Legacy of Leadership Profile
George W. Park | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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(1852 – 1935) George W. Park was born on a farm near Fannettburg, Pennsylvania. When he was a child, his mother noticed his interest in horticulture and encouraged him to raise flowers in a corner of...
Eliza Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame
Eliza Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 4 8

Short biography of indigo planter and colonial entrepreneur Eliza Lucas Pinckney, another example of the enormous contribution the Pinckney family of South Carolina has made to the history of our...
Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame
Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

"There's no such thing as bad publicity..." This remark, attributed to Irish playwright Brendan Behan, sums up the advertising philosophy of noted textile executive Elliott White Springs of Springs...
Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Roger Milliken (1915 - 2010) Through Roger Milliken's leadership and passion for innovation and research, Milliken & Company has become one of the largest and most successful textile and chemical...
A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A. Foster McKissick (1869 – 1938) Anthony Foster McKissick was a major figure in the Southern textile industry and was also a college professor, scientist, state legislator, philanthropist, and...
James Lide Coker | Legacy of Leadership Profile
James Lide Coker | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

James Lide Coker (1837–1918) Farmer, father, soldier, businessman, merchant, banker, railroad man, industrialist—those are only a few of the titles describing James Lide Coker, who for nearly 60 years...
Ambrose E. Gonzales | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Ambrose E. Gonzales | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8

1857–1926 Ambrose E. Gonzales was not only an illustrious journalist but a businessman who, against tremendous odds, kept afloat and saw flourish The State newspaper, which he and his brother, N. G...
William Gregg | Legacy of Leadership Profile
William Gregg | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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William Gregg (1800–1867) William Gregg, jeweler, watchsmith, champion of industry, and founder of the Graniteville Company, was known as the father of Southern cotton manufacturing. Gregg was born...