Roger Milliken, the 20th Century's greatest leader in US textiles, dies

摘要

Roger Milliken, who led Milliken & Company for 71 years, during which it grew to become the world's largest privately owned textile and chemical manufacturer, died at the end of 2010 in Spartanburg, aged ninety-five. One of the last in the tradition of those great industrialists who built the US's manufacturing success, during his seven decades as the leader of Milliken & Company, Roger expanded the business from a handful of plants to 50 manufacturing facilities in 7 countries.