Emil J. Brach
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Emil J. Brach got his first major job in Chicago
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 at a candy making company, where he eventually became a very high-income salesman, managing to save up $15,000 to invest in a failed candy manufacturing company. He was born in the United States
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 by 1859 to German immigrants.

Deciding he could do better on his own, Brach started his own candy store/factory, Brach's Confections in 1904, in Chicago, which rapidly became a success, moving to a larger building within two years. His fourteen year old son, Frank, was the company's first salesman, securing their first large customer, Siegel, Cooper & Co..

Brach continued to expand his company into a nationwide business, and worked at it until the day of his death in 1947.

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