Peter Wolpert

grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, the kind of kid who was always outside. He played basketball and tennis, fished whenever he got the chance, and somewhere along the way started spending time in the kitchen too, following recipes and then changing them to see what happened. He went south for college, earning an undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Miami, then stayed on for an MBA in Marketing and Finance. The chemical business was already part of his life before he had a diploma. His father and grandfather had both worked in it, and when Peter joined City Chemical LLC, he was stepping into something that already had two generations behind it. That was more than 47 years ago.

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