Founder Profile
Adolphus Green
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Adolphus Green?
Adolphus Green is a founder of Mondelez International, Inc., which was founded in 2012 with Irene Rosenfeld and James L. Kraft.
- Company founded
- Mondelez International, Inc.
- Founded
- 2012
- Co-founders
- Irene Rosenfeld and James L. Kraft
Background
Chicago lawyer who organized bakery mergers in the 1890s.
Founding Story
Adolphus Green helped form the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) in 1898 and led it as president. Nabisco, which introduced Oreo in 1912, later became part of Kraft and is now a core Mondelez business. He is a heritage founder, not a founder of Mondelez itself. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Mondelez FY2025 Form 10-K (Mondelez International, Inc.)
- Mondelez Q4 and FY2025 Results (Mondelez International, Inc.)