... Jack [Bogle]'s first model of a successful businessman, though, was his grandfather,
William Yates Bogle, Sr., who had founded the American Brick Corporation and
cofounded the Sanitary Can Company, which was eventually acquired by the
American Can Company in 1908 after getting into financial trouble during the
crash of 1907. William, Sr., was a heroic figure in the canning industry, having
been one of the first industrialists to develop and promote the sanitary double-seamed
can. Previously, soldered cans would often have black flakes inside of
them, a residue of the soldering process that caused fruits and vegetables to
carbonize. ...
