The Resume

(May 8, 1928-July 21, 2017)
Born in Pine, Texas
With his brother Aubrey founded Pilgrim’s Pride as a feed store (1946)
Company became largest producer of chicken in the United States
Net worth peaked at $1 billion

Why he might be annoying:

During a debate in the Texas Senate about worker’s compensation laws, he handed out $10,000 checks on the Senate floor to eight key swing voters (1989).
Pilgrim’s Pride recalled 27.4 million pounds of sliced poultry after seven people died from Listeria germs traced to one of their facilities; at the time, it was the largest food recall in US history (2002).
After Pilgrim’s Pride went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, he lost control of the company to a Brazilian multinational and was forced out as CEO (2009).
A 37-foot tall bust of him wearing a pilgrim’s hat stands outside the company’s main plaint in Pittsburg, Texas.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was married to Patricia Redding for 61 years.
He taught Sunday school for over half a century,
Partly out of concerns over a family history of heart disease, he developed a leaner chicken with less cholesterol.
Pilgrim’s Pride was named Kentucky Fried Chicken’s ‘supplier of the year.’ (1997)

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 65]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5081928)
• I am a Texan
• I am Chicken
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 89)
• I'm a Billionaire
• Jack Huberman's 101 People Who are Really Screwing America [2006] (Ranked: 92)
• My Name, My Company
• Profiles 41006-41250 (Ranked: 41022)
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20170721)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 121 Votes: 63.64% Annoying