Milton Hershey Chocolate

The founder of Hershey Chocolate, Milton Hershey, had a long journey to creating some of the famous candy today. From a young age he lived in poverty and his parents constantly fought due to differences, which would always have a impact on Milton. He started out in the business struggling, first with his caramel business and the ideas his father pushed on him, but soon pushed past it through multiples tries and hard work. Once Hershey made it big he went on to do amazing things and dedicated a big part of his life to helping other people and focusing on the well-being of his employees. Milton Hershey was indeed one of the most famous and successful people in the chocolate community, but it was only through hardships and hard work that got him …show more content…
He travelled with his wife Kitty and bought things he thought he’d never be able to afford. However, this didn’t bring him happiness and decided to sell his caramel company to travel more. He changed his mind quickly though, claiming he wanted to build a chocolate utopia. Most people thought he had gone crazy, but he pushed through with is idea and in 1902 he bought a plot of land close to his hometown to start building his chocolate town, and more importantly to start experimenting with milk chocolate. When Milton started building his town, he wanted it to be perfect and modern. There were lavish gardens and endless forms of entertainment. As the town grew so did the population, which most ended up working for him. If you worked at the factory your rent was cheap, you got discounts for attractions in town, and you had good pay for the hours you put in. Many who lived there though claimed there were still hardships. You could never escape your coworkers, and Milton himself would do inspections on the town to make sure it met his expectations. Many compared Milton to a dictator which he hated, he simply wanted the very best for his residents and expected them to treat his investments with proper respect (117). Making the town wasn’t all that Hershey did though, he donated money to local churches, art programs, and probably most important to Milton was a school for poor or orphaned boys. He and his wife Kitty had no children on their own so they decided to give boys a chance at life they otherwise wouldn’t have. Even after his wife died, Milton decided to donate his house to the school and also his entire stock of his company which was valued more than sixty million dollars. By 1915, Milton Hershey had established himself as America’s candy man-a benevolent, soft-spoken, gentle uncle who made treats for children and gave orphans a home.