Aaron Montgomery Ward

About

Invented the mail-order business. He founded Montgomery Ward & Company in August 1872.

Before Fame

He went to work as a traveling salesman of dry goods. Noticing that many rural Midwesterns were being overcharged by local stores with little competition, he decided to serve them via a mail-order business.

Trivia

His first inventory was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire.

Family Life

He was born into a large working-class family.

Associated With

He was the Sam Walton of his time.