The house that cheese built : the unusual life of the Mexican immigrant who defined a multibillion-dollar global industry / Miguel Leal.

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]

xiii, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Includes index.

"Leal came to the U.S. penniless as a teenager, speaking almost no English; he literally slept in the boiler room of a Wisconsin cheese factory for months before he was caught. Through hard work, grit, and ingenuity Leal would go on to launch his own business. He is widely credited with introducing Mexican cheeses to the U.S. market, and grew his company to a multi-million-dollar success story. Yet, like many successful entrepreneurs, Leal's great successes were matched by personal failures: the end of a marriage; trouble with law enforcement; and the deeply felt sense that there must be something more to life than great wealth. Leal's memoir is both a quintessential immigrant success story--one that beautifully illustrates the immigrant experiences: isolation, fear, and ambition for a better life and assimilation--as well as a thoughtful personal account of entrepreneurship and all its benefits and costs."-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Leal, Miguel A. Sky is blue Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2023]

English

December 07, 2023