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This Woman’s Company Should Have Been Named After Her, Not Her Husband

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On her lunch break, at the age of 20, Ruth entered a local furniture store with samples of her husband’s plastic chairs. In 1955, the company’s net work was $500,000 ($4.6 At the time, toys were advertised to adults, under the premise that adults were the decision makers. She walked out of the store with a $500 purchase order.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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See a sample reprint in PDF format. Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Advertise Locally on WSJ.com. Order a reprint of this article now.