Michael
Cudahy was
born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in
1841. His family emigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled
in Milwaukee. After leaving school
Cudahy found work as a meat-packer. With his brother John Cudahy and
Philip Armour he started his own meat-packing business in Omaha, Nebraska.
In the 1870s he revolutionized the meat-packing industry by introducing
summer curing under refrigeration. Cadahy died in 1910.
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