Sidney Frank- A well successful liquor baron phenomenal,up in age CEO of Sidney Frank Importing Co., was born on October 2,1919 in Montville Connecticut. His Parents Abraham Frank and Sarah Frank. In some time ago, The Frank family moved to Norwich Ct. where Sidney grow up poor and raised on a farm but had a fine way to change his thought process and up growing to climb up the ladder to succeeding wealth. He forced his way into Brown University,where he was surround by rich and powerful mind students which he adapted. He became very grateful to sleep in a dorm room with a bed and mattress, (When on the farm growing up, he always slept on haystacks and a thin sheet).
After a year pass,Sidney Frank had to drop out of Brown University because he and his family couldn't afford his tuition. But after Mr.Frank's extraordinary triumph, He gave Brown University and a former school he graduated from (Norwich free academy) gifts,a lot of money and a God's grateful smile of his.("He gave Norwich Free 12 million and Brown University 120 million in 2005".)
By Mr. Frank unity with former classmates and rich friends,in 1945, He met and married Louise "nick name Skippy" Rosenstiel, whose father was the late chief of Schenley Distilleries (Lewis Rosenstiel) which was one of America's largest distillers and spirit importers during those times. Mr. Frank went into business with Schenley Distilleries and worked his way up the corporate ladder. He was forced to leave the company during a family dispute in 1970, and after his wife Louise died in 1972, He began to start working on his own Company "Sidney Franks Importing Company". (SFIC)
The SFIC created a huge amount of big names to date but became famous when Frank adopted Jacques Cardin brandy from Seagram around 1979-1980 making it a big successful Brandy. He also promoted the Jagermiester and obtained the importing rights, making it one of the best Drinks in the world in the early 80's. It's no doubt that the Kids in Baton Rouge, New Orleans put Jagermiester on the map in those years. Bill Goldring was and still Chairman of Magnolia Marketing Co., which was Sidney Frank's Importing Company distributor in Louisiana when Jagermiester first hit.
In 1996 Frank Sidney Had one think in mind now and that was make the best vodka in the world "GREY GOOSE". A vodka made with fine grain and fresh spring water is the 1# Vodka in the world. He sold Grey Goose to Bacardi for a 2 Billion dollars. Mr. Frank Gave everyone who was working at SFIC a bonus of $100.000.00 a piece in 2004.
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