Charles Leiper Grigg was born in Prices Branch, Missouri back in 1868 to Charles and Mary. When he turned 22 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri where he began working in the advertising field. By 1919, he was working as a salesman for a manufacturing company owned by Vess Jonea.
While working with Jonea he invented and marketed his first soft drink called “Whistle”. The success of the drink led to his promotion to the marketing manager, however he and Jonea did not get along, he left the company, leaving Whistle behind. Later we worked with the Warner Jenkinson Company developing flavoring agents for soft drinks. In 1929, he developed his second soft drink which made him a wealthy man. He died in 1940 in St. Louis he was 71.
Some of you may like to know what his second soft drink was called, well I’m so glad you asked, maybe you’ve heard of it 7 Up.
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