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Anne Beiler

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (January 16, 1949- )
    Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
    Founded Auntie Anne’s pretzels (1988)
    100th store opened (1992)
    Sold the company to her cousin Sam Beiler (2005)
    Appeared on the TV show ‘Secret Millionaire’ (2013)

Why she might be annoying:

    She dropped out of high school in the ninth grade.
    She began an extramarital affair with a pastor.
    She said about selling Auntie Anne’s, ‘It was almost like giving up one of my kids. I cried for weeks.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her nineteen month old daughter Angela was killed by a tractor in a farming accident (1975).
    The pastor she had the affair with was physically abusive.
    When her husband Jonas decided to become a marriage and family counsellor and offer his services for free, she agreed to financially support him: ‘You’ve stayed with me despite all that I’ve done. So do what you want to do, and I’ll go to work.’
    She grew Auntie Anne’s from a single market stand to a nationally franchised company.
    She noted, ‘We had a profit-sharing plan, and every single employee got part of the profit every year I was there.’
    She earned a high school equivalency diploma when she was fifty.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying