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HERITAGE
From a Cobbler’s Son to an American Icon
In 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, a 28-year-old
entrepreneur named Ross David Siragusa found himself starting over. His first
venture, the Transformer Corporation of America, had risen to become one of the
world’s biggest suppliers of radio parts by 1929, only to be brought down by
the economic collapse.
28 November 2025 . 5 min read
