Career
He eventually joined with well-known chewing gum maker William Wrigley, Junior.
Adams conceived the idea while working as a secretary to former Mexican leader Antonio López de Santa Anna. Santa Anna chewed a natural gum called chicle. Adams first tried to formulate the gum into a rubber suitable for tires.
When that didn"t work he made the chicle into a chewing gum called Chiclets, which is still produced today.