Robert Wegman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Wegman

American businessman

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1918

Date of Death: 20-Apr-2006

Profession: businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Robert Wegman

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  • Wegman (October 14, 1918 – April 20, 2006) was a pioneer of the one-stop shopping concept.
  • He was the son of Wegmans Food Markets co-founder Walter Wegman.
  • Until his death in 2006 at age 87, he was the chairperson for Wegmans.
  • In over a half-century under his leadership, the family grocery business grew into one of the largest private companies in the United States. In 2005, when the company ranked #1 on Fortune magazine's list of best companies to work for, Robert Wegman is known to have said: "This is the culmination of my life's work." He was a major benefactor of the local high school he attended, Aquinas Institute, as well as other Catholic education at Niagara University.
  • At the collegiate level, significant gifts from Robert Wegman to St.
  • John Fisher College helped create the Wegmans School of Pharmacy and the Wegmans School of Nursing. Robert Wegman's granddaughter Colleen Wegman is the current head of Wegmans.Mr.
  • Wegman was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S.
  • Business Hall of Fame in 2004.

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