He should be someone to be reckoned with. He should live life and make every day count, to the very end. Sometimes it's tough. But that's what I'm going to do. Willard Marriott. As a youngster, J.
Willard - "Bill" - pitched in to raise sugar beets and sheep on the family's small farmstead. He quickly learned to rely on his own judgment and initiative. It was up to me to find out for myself. A young entrepreneur At age 13, Marriott went into business for himself, enlisting his younger siblings to help raise lettuce on a few fallow acres on the farm. Launching the family business While finishing up at the university, Marriott hatched plans for starting a business of his own, thousands of miles away, in the nation's capital.
Making everyday count The founder's concern for others also extended to church, charity, and country. Our Story of Innovation. Read more about our core values. Willard and Alice S. Marriott, Jr. Willard Marriott, opens in downtown Washington, D. Willard Marriott, Sr. Willard and Alice Sheets Marriott Early s. Family photo in car Clockwise, J. Marriott initiated a drive-in incorporating the business into Hot Shopped Inc.
This business expanded so much so that he was given the management of food services to government buildings and even the U. S Treasury. Marriott was diagnosed with a dangerous lymph node cancer and was given a maximum of one year to live.
However, he lived for another five decades turning out to be the host of the entire world. His restaurant chain expanded by going public in By his business had become so successful that he decided to open a hotel thus laying the foundations for the first Marriott Hotel in Virginia.
The company was officially named Marriott, Inc.
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