Sam Zemurray: How One Man Control Central America With Banana

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Before the time of Sam Zemurray Bananas were luxury goods in America.

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Sam Built one of the biggest businesses of his time with the help of bananas.

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Sam Zemurray was born in 1877 in Russia and family moved to New Orleans when he was very young.

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One day, during a train ride Sam found an opportunity to make money.

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At the time US was importing Bananas and merchants were only selling good quality bananas and were throwing away other bananans.

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Sam negotiated with merchants to buy those bananas and began selling nearby towns.

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A few years later Sam's 'Cuyamel Fruit Company' got bigger so he moved to Honduras where banane were grown.

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At the time Honduras' economy was mainly depended on banana trade.

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To monopolies the banana trade in America Sam bought millions of acers of land in Honduras.

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Sam became politicaly influential in Honduras and supported government cues who supported his business.

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In 1928 Cuyamel merged with United Fruit and became Chiquita Brands, which made Sam one of the richest man of his time.

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Later, Sam donated millions of dollars in University of New Orleans and other causes, Sam died in 1961 at 84.

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