w l gore associates inc
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W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. I am very impressed with this company, not only because of the way it started and the people that believed in the company, but also the product line it produces. It started in Bill Gore's basement with the help of his wife, Genevieve, and their son, Bob. Bill quit his job of 17 years at Du Pont and his good salary and took a mortgage on their house to begin the business he had absolute faith in. He and his wife would eat dinner, wash up and then start working in the basement every day. It was a daily route for them, strange yet comforting for them. They had young associates that began to work for them. Instead of working for a salary or hourly wages, the associates lived in their home free of charge...