William “Beau” Wrigley Jr., who moved to Florida after selling his family’s gum and candy empire, is taking a weed company public. Wrigley is CEO of Atlanta-based Parallel, which operates 42 marijuana ...

William "Beau" Wrigley Jr. believes he can emulate the success of his family's old chewing gum empire in the cannabis industry. And Surterra Wellness, the company at which Wrigley is CEO, just landed ...

A marijuana company headed by billionaire William “Beau” Wrigley is buying six pot shops in Illinois from Windy City Cannabis for up to $155 million. The deal will give Wrigley's company Parallel a ...

Before Trident and Bazooka, Hubba Bubba and Big League Chew, there was Juicy Fruit. And although gum chewing has recently hit an overall slump, the tasty gum in its signature yellow packaging has been ...

Homecoming: William "Beau" Wrigley Jr., who sold his family's chewing gum company to Mars Inc. in 2008, is expanding his cannabis company to Chicago through an acquisition of six dispensaries. William ...

W illiam “Beau” Wrigley Jr. envisioned building a weed empire that would one day rival his family’s legendary chewing gum business. The former CEO of the Wrigley Company — which was sold to Mars for ...

Billionaire chewing gum heir William “Beau” Wrigley Jr. is returning to his Chicago business roots, but this time he’s selling weed. Parallel, an Atlanta-based marijuana company Wrigley launched in ...

WASHINGTON — Wrigley says it is taking a new caffeinated gum off the market temporarily as the Food and Drug Administration investigates the safety of added caffeine. The company said Wednesday that ...

The Federal Trade Commission is reviewing a complaint by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company that Cadbury USA does not have adequate evidence to back claims it has made in Trident Xtra Care gum ads about the oral ...

Surprise move ignites massive single-day hike in stock for the chewing-gum manufacturer. William Perez, left, former chief executive of Nike Inc., listens as William Wrigley Jr. speaks during a news ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Wm. Wrigley Jr. shareholders have approved the chewing-gum maker's sale to candy maker Mars -- creating the world's largest confection maker. The voting results were announced Thursday ...