Originally Posted by
Just a spotter
The Quaker Capitalists of the 1800's. A cohort of business people who due to the religious intolerance within the UK around that time had limited options on which industries they could practice in.
Their success is reflected in the fact that their names still remain in the public domain; Cadbury, Fry, Roundtree.
And their decline is reflected in the fact that those names are now mere brands of giant international conglomerates: Fry was acquired by Cadbury which is now owned by Mondelez (formerly Kraft); Rowntree is now owned by Nestlé. Sadly, the admirable Quaker business ethos is long gone.