Pierre S. du Pont
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About
Former president of the chemical company E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from 1915 until 1919 and former manager of General Motors.
Before Fame
He received a chemistry degree from MIT in 1890.
Trivia
He developed America's first smokeless gunpowder.
Family Life
He married his cousin Alice Belin in 1915 after being a longtime bachelor.
Associated With
He and Henry Ford both named their companies after themselves.
