Alfred I Du Pont
Alfred I Du Pont Born in 1864 during the height of the Civil War, Alfred was brought into a family that was accumulating wealth has its Gun Powder Business grew horizontally to incorporate new products and chemicals. Alfred would eventually lead the company along with his two cousins through a period of quick vertical integration and growth. He would eventually leave the company losing a large portion of his fortune until he rebounded by investing in Florida real estate. Dying a multimillionaire in 1935, Alfreds family had roots in a humble French chemist who in the early 1800s found American gunpowder lacking in consistency and quality began his own company developing gunpower and producing chemicals. The company was turned over to Eugen Dupont/s leadership, Alfred’s uncle, in the late 19 th century. Eugene turned the company towards the manufacturing of not only fun powder but also dynamite, nitroglycerin and lacquer. Alfred was orphaned at an early age, his mother dying aft