Sam Zemurray

ABOUT SAM ZEMURRAY

After immigrating to America as a teenager, he became a businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade.

He never attended any formal educational institution.

His nickname was Sam the Banana Man.

He grew up in a poor Jewish family in current-day Moldova and in Selma, Alabama.

He was a supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and helped him draft the Agricultural Adjustment Administration industry codes.