William Rosenberg

By: Ethan Pettibone

Successful business?

• Yes• At the end of 2011 there were 10,083 Dunkin‘

Donuts stores worldwide.• By 2020 they plan to expand to 15,000 stores

in the US.

William Rosenberg

• Mr. Rosenberg was born in Boston in 1916. He demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit at a young age. A teenager during the Great Depression, he once took a block of ice to a racetrack on a hot summer day and sold ice chips at 10 cents a piece. He brought home $171.

• They sell hot beverages, iced beverages, frozen beverages, bakery goods and Sandwiches.

• Opened in 1948 as Open Kettle in Quincy, Massachusetts. Renamed Dunkin’ Donuts 2 years later in 1950.

Being an Entrepreneur

• He had the drive to start a business.• He was willing to take a risk.• He worked hard.• He didn’t give up.• He wouldn't take no for an answer.

Sources

• http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/23/business/william-rosenberg-86-founder-of-dunkin-donuts.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkin'_Donuts• http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rosenberg