08/21/2022
On the last day of weβve decided to celebrate a very SPECIAL individual - Today we salute, Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr. βπ½
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Background: Born in 1914 on a farm in rural southern Georgia. The story of Nathaniel Hawthorne Bronner, Sr. is a familiar one in the world of business success. Coming from a hard-working farming family, he learned to apply a work ethic and his religion to both his personal and professional endeavors. He founded a company, reared a family of high achievers, and became a millionaire. Throughout the struggle and success, he never once wavered in his strong spiritual beliefs, and the company he started, which became a multifaceted and international corporate entity grossing over $20 million a year and employing hundreds, still maintains a strong Christian ethic.
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Accomplishments:
ππ½ In 1947 Bronner and his sister, Emma, taught a class for cosmetologists at the Butler Street YMCA. Three hundred people attended that first small show. From that time on, Bronner Brothers held a yearly cosmetics and hair care trade show that became one of the largest shows for the ethnic beauty products industry. The shows would go on to draw renowned speakers such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and experience burgeoning attendance counts of over 100,000 by the year 2000.
ππ½ In 2004, WalMart recognized Bronner Bros. as their top vendor of the year in their annual report. The same year, the largest beauty and barber retailing supplier in the United States, Sally Beauty Supply, also named the company their top vendor of the year.
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Interesting Facts:
ππ½ Mr. Bronner attended Morehouse College, graduating in 1940
ππ½ In 1941 he was drafted into the Army
ππ½ Mr. Bronner and his siblings picked cotton, helped harvest the hay, and performed many of the daily chores generated on a farm
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A quote from Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr. ππ½
βWork hard, be honest, and keep good company.β
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Sources:
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- NathanielBronner.com