About
Famous as the founder of the highly successful Pilgrim's Pride chicken company. He also helped establish NETEX Bancorporation and the affiliated Pilgrim Bank.
Before Fame
Pilgrim's Pride was born when Pilgrim opened a feed shop in Texas in the mid 1940s.
Trivia
In the late 1980s, he supported a Texas Senate bill that aimed to overhaul state workers' compensation laws.
Family Life
Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim and his brother Aubrey began their chicken business while living in Pittsburg, Texas.
Associated With
He was a major contributor to the U.S. presidential and Texas gubernatorial campaigns of George W. Bush.
