Master of the Big Board

Jack Massey, a pivotal figure in American business, uniquely achieved the distinction of taking three companies—Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hospital Corporation of America, and Winner's Corporation—to the New York Stock Exchange. Credited with shaping the modern fast-food industry and for-profit hospitals, his influence extends to numerous prominent figures, including a U.S. senator and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas. Remarkably, Massey accomplished these feats after attempting retirement, having previously built a successful chain of drugstores and expanded into surgical supplies and banking.