Earl Tupper was a dreamer and a tinkerer who liked to improve the things he saw around him. Always devising better gadgets and gizmos, Tupper held equally strong opinions about how to improve the ...

The company was founded in 1946 by Earl Tupper, and Tupperware quickly grew into a household name through its direct-to-consumer sales.

The durable, sealable plastic containers were created by Earl Tupper, a businessman and chemist from New Hampshire who discovered a way to make a flexible plastic out of an industrial byproduct ...

Even so, Earl Tupper — the brand's namesake and inventor — took quite some time to develop his now-iconic product. Prototypes were even around back in the 1930s, although the public wouldn't ...

So she called up the founder of Tupperware, Earl Tupper himself, to give him an earful. "You didn't normally talk to a guy like Earl Tupper that way,” says Bob. Her audacious tone impressed him.

A lack of innovation is a far-cry from its early days. The company was founded in 1946 by a man, the inventor Earl Tupper, but its public face was a woman: Brownie Wise. Tupper's product was a big ...

Earl Tupper was a dreamer and a tinkerer who liked to improve the things he saw around him. Always devising better gadgets and gizmos, Tupper held equally strong opinions about how to improve the ...