Who started the company Wilson?

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i want to know who started the company wilson. the company wilson is the one whos logo is on tennis balls and stuff. i need to find more information so if anyone can help me out it will reallllyyyy help! Thanks!!!

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Answer 1

Wilson Sporting Goods was incorporated in 1913 as the Ashland Manufacturing Company, and was originally established to find unique ways of using slaughterhouse byproducts of a nearby meat-packing firm, its parent company owned by Sulzberger and Schwarzchild. By 1914, the company was producing such items as tennis racket strings, violin strings, and surgical sutures, and had expanded into baseball shoes and tennis racquets. In 1915, the company appointed Thomas E. Wilson as president, and from that moment onward nothing was the same.

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Answer 2

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