But Snyder has also been preparing for this role for more than 20 years. A lifelong Delawarean, Snyder got a strong background in innovation and entrepreneurship from both sides of his family, noting his paternal grandfather owned an auto body shop in Newark for many years and his father was a mechanical engineer.
His mother, Elizabeth Snyder, the youngest of the five Gore children, also co-founded the award-winning Greenville restaurant Pizza by Elizabeths. Snyder went on to earn a chemical engineering degree from Brown University and later a doctorate in the same subject from the University of Washington.
There he worked in research and development, particularly related to agriculture, and it allowed him to travel to research sites in Mexico and Europe. He helped scale up an in-house project tasked with improving fruit and vegetable freshness through picking, packaging, and shipping.
It has since spun off to an independent company, AgroFresh. After five years at Rohm and Haas, Snyder arrived at W. His uncle was a mentor to him as he assumed the top decision-making role for the global company with about 11, employees, including 3, in the Delaware region. Delivery to your home or office Monday to Saturday FT Weekend paper — a stimulating blend of news and lifestyle features ePaper access — the digital replica of the printed newspaper.
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As the company that invented ePTFE and introduced it in the marketplace, Gore is committed to remaining a leader in fluoropolymers, particularly in PTFE processing and fluoropolymer development. No compromise. Master the extreme. Make more of everyday. Very durable. See all outerwear technologies. Guaranteed waterproof. See all footwear technologies. Better control. Among other distinctions, W. Gore repeatedly has been cited as one of the best companies to work for in America.
Bill Gore. Gore began working for DuPont in when he was 29 years old. He helped to advance that company's research into polymers, resins, and plastics. On the advice of his wife, Vieve, Gore left his research job in to start his own company.
He hoped to build a company that developed and marketed new uses for the material. Gore and Vieve started the enterprise on a shoestring budget in the basement of their home. Gore's first commercially viable products were wire and cable products insulated with teflon.
Bill's son, Bob, was integral to those innovations. Bob, who was a chemical engineering student at the time, is credited with coming up with the concept that resulted in Gore's first patent for teflon-insulated wire and cable. For ten years, in fact, such products were the core of the Gore enterprise.
The high-tech cables were respected in their industry niche and were even used in the Apollo space program for the first moon landing. From their basement office, the Gores expanded into a separate production facility in their hometown of Newark, Delaware. Sales were brisk after initial product introductions. It was about that time that Gore began to develop and implement the unique management system and philosophy for which his company would become recognized.
Gore noticed that as his company had grown, efficiency and productivity had started to decline. He needed a new management structure, but he feared that the popular pyramid management structure that was in vogue at the time suppressed the creativity and innovation that he valued so greatly. Instead of adopting the pyramid structure, Gore decided to create his own system. During World War II, while on a task force at DuPont, Gore had learned of another type of organizational structured called the lattice system, which was developed to enhance the ingenuity and overall performance of a group working toward a goal.
It emphasized communication and cooperation rather than hierarchy of authority. Under the system that Gore developed, any person was allowed to make a decision as long as it was fair, encouraged others, and made a commitment to the company. Consultation was required only for decisions that could potentially cause serious damage to the enterprise.
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