Edward Ball (businessman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessperson
Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1888
Place of Birth: Hardings, Virginia, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 24-Jun-1981
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Edward Ball (businessman)
- Edward Gresham Ball (March 21, 1888 – June 24, 1981) was a businessperson who had powerful political influence in Florida for decades.
- Referred to as "a law unto himself", despite the fact that he never held public office and did not own the assets he controlled, he led a forest products company and owned newspapers.
- He worked for and with his brother-in-law Alfred I.
- du Pont for nine years before running the Alfred I.
- duPont Testamentary Trust's businesses by himself for another 46 years.
- He founded and led the St.
- Joe Paper Company to become a major player in several industries in Florida.
- He was a leader of the pro-segregation, anti-homosexual, and anti-communist Pork Chop Gang, a group of Democratic Party legislators from North Florida.
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