Mars Incorporated: Inside America's Most Secretive Consumer Goods Empire

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Preferred Shares Podcast.

Lawrence Hamtil, of Fortune Financial Advisors, was the primary researcher for this episode.

In this episode

* Consecutive failures before rapid success

* Family fallout

* Suspected espionage

* Corporate overhauls

* Iteration and innovations

* Principles for exceptional performance

* True long-term orientation

* An eye for global domination

Episode resources

* Brenner, Joël Glenn. The Emperors of Chocolate : Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars. New York :Random House, 1999

* The Eclipse of Mars, CNN, 11/28/1994

* Accounting For Success, The Washington Post, 4/12/1992

* Uncovering Mars’ Unknown Empire, Fortune, 9/26/1988

* Mars Has Secretly Become Bigger Than Coca-Cola, and the Reason Might Not Have Much to Do With Candy Bars, Fortune, 6/22/2022

* Mars to Buy Wrigley’s for $23 Billion, The New York Times, 4/28/2008

* Mars, Incorporated Completes Acquisition of Procter & Gamble's Pet Food Business in Major Markets, Mars Incorporated News, 8/1/2014

Additional reading

Along with the resources above relating to episode 3, below are some pieces we’ve written independently that we think you’d like:

Secular Growth In The Pet Industry, Lawrence Hamtil, 8/13/2023

OTIS: Compounding Lifetime Value, Devin LaSarre, 11/5/2023

Linear Technology: The Analog Chip Company That No One Leaves, Douglas Ott, 9/1/2022

Q3 2023 Letter: Introducing Rollins, Douglas Ott, 11/7/2023

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