Anthony T. Rossi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anthony T. Rossi

American businessman

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1900

Place of Birth: Messina, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1993

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Anthony Talamo Rossi (September 13, 1900 – January 24, 1993) was an Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products, a producer of orange juice founded in 1947 in Bradenton, Florida in the United States which grew from 50 employees to over 8,000 in 2004, expanding into multiple product lines and became one of the world's largest producers and marketers of citrus juice. Rossi was an early pioneer in the inclusion of Florida's citrus juices in school meals programs.
He also became a noted religiously-oriented businessman, making annual pilgrimages back to Sicily where he helped build a church and mission.
In the U.S., he married Sana Barlow and endowed the Aurora Foundation, which has funded various Christian programs.