Philanthropist Report

Paul Newman and Newman's Own

By Ian Edwards
 Paul Newman: About the Founder
 Born January 26,
1925
 Born to immigrant
parents from Eastern
Europe.
 Showed early interest
in theater at age 7.
 Attended Ohio
University briefly.
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
While at Ohio
University he enrolled
in the Navy V-12
Program during WWII.

Turned down for the
pilot position b/c of
being colorblind.

Qualified as gunner
and radio operator on
torpedo bomber.
 Paul Newman: About the Founder

By fluke of war, his
plane escaped being
destroyed during the
Battle of Oklinawa.

After war completed
degrees at Kenyon
College and Yale
University in Drama.

Left for Hollywood in
1954.
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 Long Career as
successful actor:
– Exodus
– Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance
Kid.
– Rally Round the
Flag Boys
– Road to Perdition
– Cars--”Doc
Hudson”
 Paul Newman: Philanthropy

Started what would
become Newman's
Own with
author/friend A.E.
Hotchner with home-
made salad dressing
that was given to
friends as presents.

Gifts were wildly
popular and the two
men commercialised
the food.
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
After the initial
dressing, the
company expanded to
include pasta sauce,
frozen, pizza, iced
tea, popcorn, pretlzes,
salsa and even cat
and dog food.

Humor and Newman
feature prominently on
packaging.
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 Insisted that all
products be all
natural.
 Donated ALL of After-
Tax profits to charity.
 Highly selective and
scrutinizing on which
charities received aid
from company.
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
Since 1982.
Newman's Own has
generated over $290
million.

Huge benefactor of
Holl in the Wall
Camps

Catholic Charities
--Kosovo Conflict

Breast Cancer
Research
 Paul Newman: Philanthropy
 Newman died
September 26, 2008
at age 83 after battle
with lung cancer.
 The year of his death,
Newman was named
the “Most Generous
Celebrity” by Look to
the Stars after
personally donating
over $20,857,000.