Career
He was born in the United States by 1859 to German immigrants. Deciding he could do better on his own, Brach started his own candy store/factory, Brach"s Confections in 1904, in Chicago, which rapidly became a success, moving to a larger building within two years. His fourteen-year-old son, Frank, was the company"s first salesman, securing their first large customer, Siegel, Cooper & Company
Brach continued to expand his company into a nationwide business, and worked at it until the day of his death in 1947.
