Edgar Monsanto Queeny
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Edgar Monsanto Queeny was an US industrialist, chairman of the Monsanto
corporation from 1928.
Edgar Monsanto Queeny was the son of John Francis Queeny
and his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto. In the First World War, he served as a seaman in the US Navy. .
Edgar Monsanto Queeny took over the leadership of Monsanto, which had been founded by his father, in 1928. At this time, it had just been listed on the stock exchange as a public company.
He led the company through the 1929 stock market crisis and its expansion into a major US industrial company with a global presence before he retired in 1960. In 1958, Monsanto's assets had grown from $12 million as he took over to $857 million.
Edgar Monsanto Queeny was also a noted conservationist. He published the book Prarie Wings, called a "classic study of American wildfowl in flight", and participated in the production of several nature documentaries, including some from Africa produced in cooperation with Kenyan guide Donald Ker
.
In 1960, Edgar Monsanto Queeney turned the chair of Monsanto over to his successor, Charles Thomas, one of the founders of the company's research and development laboratory.
At his death in 1968, he left no heirs.
Monsanto
The Monsanto Company is a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed in the "Roundup" brand of herbicides, and in other brands...
corporation from 1928.
Edgar Monsanto Queeny was the son of John Francis Queeny
John Francis Queeny
John Francis Queeny born in Chicago, founded the Monsanto Company in St. Louis as Monsanto Chemical Works, on November 30, 1901 with $5,000...
and his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto. In the First World War, he served as a seaman in the US Navy. .
Edgar Monsanto Queeny took over the leadership of Monsanto, which had been founded by his father, in 1928. At this time, it had just been listed on the stock exchange as a public company.
He led the company through the 1929 stock market crisis and its expansion into a major US industrial company with a global presence before he retired in 1960. In 1958, Monsanto's assets had grown from $12 million as he took over to $857 million.
Edgar Monsanto Queeny was also a noted conservationist. He published the book Prarie Wings, called a "classic study of American wildfowl in flight", and participated in the production of several nature documentaries, including some from Africa produced in cooperation with Kenyan guide Donald Ker
Donald Ker
Donald Ker was a famous Kenyan white hunter, safari guide and conservationist of British descent. As a young man he teamed up Sydney Downey to create Ker and Downey Ltd., one of the first guide companies to transition from hunting to photographic safaris...
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In 1960, Edgar Monsanto Queeney turned the chair of Monsanto over to his successor, Charles Thomas, one of the founders of the company's research and development laboratory.
At his death in 1968, he left no heirs.