Cargill MacMillan Sr. (October 10, 1900 - October 16, 1968) was an American business executive, serving as the President of

Cargill Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in ter ...

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Early life

MacMillan was born on October 10, 1900. He was the second son of

John H. MacMillan Sr. John Hugh MacMillan Sr. (August 11, 1869 – October 20, 1944) was an American businessman, president of Cargill from 1909 to 1936. Early life John Hugh MacMillan was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the son of Duncan McMillan, a director of the Sta ...

and Edna Clara Cargill.

Career

MacMillan served as the President of

Personal life

He married Pauline Whitney (1900–1990), and they had four children. Each of the three surviving adult children received a one-ninth share of

. * Cargill MacMillan Jr. (1927–2011) * Whitney MacMillan (1929-2020) * Alice Whitney MacMillan (1932–1932) *

Pauline MacMillan Keinath Pauline MacMillan Keinath (born July 31, 1934 in Hennepin County, Minnesota) is an American billionaire heiress. She is a great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill, the largest private company in the US. Her father ...

(born 1934)

Death

MacMillan died on October 16, 1968.

References

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