Triumph of the American spirit

The American Thinker ^ | Dec. 1, 2004 | Matthew May

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Are you not inspired and uplifted by the story of Carlos Gutierrez?

When Gutierrez was but six years old, he and his family left their home in Havana, Cuba, for a vacation in Miami, unaware that they would never return to their homeland.

Fidel Castro and his communists took over the island, confiscated the pineapple exporting business and property of Carlos Gutierrez’s father, and prohibited his family from returning. The Gutierrez family was forced to start anew in an unfamiliar place with an uncertain future. Carlos’s father worked for Heinz and began another business, though it was hit hard by a recession and Carlos had to again find a new direction.

Carlos jumped at an opportunity with the Kellogg Company’s sales and marketing training program in 1975, and worked his way up the company all over North America. In 1999, Carlos Gutierrez became CEO of Kellogg’s and transformed the staid company into a dynamic business with the ability to roll with changes in the breakfast food market. In 2005, Carlos Gutierrez will become Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America.

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