How An 8-Year-Old Turned His Garden Into A Multi-Billion Dollar Ketchup Conglomerate (HNZ)

In 1844, Henry Heinz was born in Pittsburgh to two immigrant parents.

This he would go on to found one of the largest food conglomerates in the world, a company that grossed more than $11 billion in sales last year.

Heinz started profiting from his small backyard garden when he was just 8 years-old and built his first major company by the time he was 25.

Henry Heinz was one of eight children born to John Henry Heinz and Anna Margaretha Heinz (1844)

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When Heinz turned six, he began helping his mother with her garden (1850)

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At eight, Henry began selling goods to neighbors out of a basket he would carry around (1852)

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