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Thomas E. Wilson (July 11, 1868 – August 4, 1958) was a Canadian-born American businessman. In 1926, he created one of the most recognizable sports brand names in the world, known as Wilson Sporting Goods. He served as President and Chairman of the Board of Wilson & Co for 35 years.
- Canadian/American
- August 4, 1958 (aged 90), Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
- July 22, 1868, London, Ontario, Canada
- Wilson Sporting Goods, Wilson and Company
On March 22, 1916, Thomas was named President of the meat packing firm Sulzberger & Sons Co. The company was renamed Wilson & Co. on July 21, 1916. Thomas Edward Wilson held numerous industry leadership roles throughout his lifetime. He helped organize the American Meat Institute, and served as its President in 1919.
In the 1940s, Wilson & Co. again played an important role in a world war, developing and supplying canned meats to feed U.S. troops and to aid European relief efforts. Thomas E. Wilson organized the nation's fat salvage campaign following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was awarded the Medal of Merit for this work in 1946.
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Mar 17, 2003 · The Chicago Live Stock World, March 20, 1916. The group of powerful financial people interested in the Sulzberger & Sons’ Company, finally succeeded in inducing Thomas E. Wilson to accept the presidency of that great packing establishment. His resignation of the presidency of Morris & Co., recently occurred and he assumes his new post as ...
In 1916, control of the company went to Thomas E. Wilson, a former president of Chicago-based Morris & Co. packinghouse, and the firm's health was soon revived. The company's name changed to Wilson & Co., its headquarters moved to Chicago's Union Stock Yard, and it joined Armour and Swift at the top of the American meat industry.
- Wilson & Co.
He was born in London, Ontario, Canada, in 1868, moving to Chicago with his family at the age of nine. Now, at age 47, Thomas Wilson was the young buck of Chicago’s stockyard tycoons—handpicked by that conclave of east coast moneymen to set the Sulzberger business back on course.
Wilson, Thomas E. Family. Collection. Dates: circa 1850-2005. Size: 33.5 linear feet (37 boxes) Repository: Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract: The Wilson family was a prominent Chicago business family in the early half of the 20th ...
