Weber Mostly Made in America by Private Equity

摘要

Sixty-one years ago, George Stephen got tired of wind and rain messing up his cooking on an open-air grill, the main barbecue tool of the day. He grabbed a buoy made where he worked, Weber Brothers Metal Works in Illinois. He sliced it in half and fashioned a tight-fitting dome lid. It didn't work very well until a neighbor suggested he poke holes in the kettle so air could fuel the fire. The Weber grill was born. Stephen eventually bought the Weber metal shop, creating Weber-Stephen Products of Palatine, I11., which is now the world's largest grill manufacturer.