Adolphus Busch

The second-youngest of twenty-two children of a prosperous German wine and brewing-supply merchant, Busch came to St. Louis in 1857 and sold brewing supplies before marrying the daughter of the brewer Eberhard Anheuser and joining his business. He pioneered pasteurising beer and shipping it in refrigerated railcars, which turned a local brewery into a national one with Budweiser. The family firm lasted through Prohibition and is now part of AB InBev.