Vincent Marotta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vincent Marotta

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1924

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2015

Profession: inventor, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Vincent Marotta

  • Vincent George Marotta Sr.
  • (February 22, 1924 – August 1, 2015) was an American businessman, investor and philanthropist.
  • He is best known for being the co-creator of Mr.
  • Coffee, one of the first automatic drip coffee makers to be introduced to the American consumer market.
  • Marotta, who conceived the idea for the Mr.
  • Coffee machine, developed it with his business partner, Samuel Glazer, to replace the slower, more challenging percolator for use in homes.
  • Marotta and Glazer began marketing Mr.
  • Coffee in 1972.
  • Marotta, who was responsible for much of the company's marketing as chairman and CEO, recruited Joe DiMaggio to appear in a series of Mr.
  • Coffee television commercials.
  • By 1979, just seven years after its consumer launch, sales of Mr.
  • Coffee accounted for 50% of the U.S.
  • consumer coffee maker with sales of $150 million.

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