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person1990s–present

Joel Glenn Brenner

Disciplines:
journalism
author
business history

Summary

American journalist and author who wrote Emperors of Chocolate after securing rare access to the notoriously secretive Mars family company.

Core Contribution

Demonstrated that the most guarded corporate cultures — Mars's secrecy was legendary — can be penetrated through patient relationship-building, producing a definitive history unavailable from public sources alone.

Notable Works & Achievements

Emperors of Chocolate

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

Access Journalism American Business Biography Tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

Duff McDonald William Cohan Roger Lowenstein

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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