D.G. Yuengling & Son is America’s oldest brewery, established by David Yuengling in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Within less than a year, the brewery burned and was rebuilt on the side of the hill over town, where it still is today, still run by a Yuengling. Surprisingly, at this point it is also the largest... View Article
The owner of America’s oldest brewery can add a new distinction to his resume: billionaire. Dick Yuengling, Jr., the president and owner of D.G. Yuengling and Son, Inc., is a new addition on Forbes Magazine’s list of The World’s Billionaires. With an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion, Yuengling ranks No. 1,107 on the magazine’s... View Article
It’s the middle of the nineteenth century, give or take a decade or two. You are an ambitious young man. James Watt’s steam engine and other inventions have already revolutionized the textile and ceramics industries. Industrialization has opened the door for ambitious young men like you to advance in the world without the traditional leverage... View Article
