
William Lever, Lord Leverhulme, founder of Unilever
Great Lives
Leverhume's Adventures on Lewis and Harris
Lever lived in enormous houses, which he would pull down and re design to his own specifications. His wife died of pneumonia after sleeping in the open air bedroom on her own when he was on a business trip. He continued to do so for another 12 years until he was killed by pneumonia. Even after lever's death, he that very venture had been laying the foundations for what later became unalive. The company remain enormously huge and one of unalive's biggest brands today.
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