Ron popeil biography

American inventor and marketing personality (1935–2021)

Ronald Martin Popeil^[1] (poh-PEEL;^[2] May 3, 1935 – July 28, 2021) was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco.

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He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined the phrase "Set it, and forget it!" as well as popularizing the phrase, "But wait, there's more!" on television as early as the mid-1950s.^[3]

Personal life and career

Popeil was born to a Jewish family^[4] in Manhattan in 1935, the son of Julia (née Schwartz) and Samuel Popeil.^[5] When he was six, his parents divorced and he and his brother went to live in Florida with their grandparents.

At age 17 in 1952, he went with his grandparents to work for his father at his company's (Popeil Brothers) manufacturing facility in Chicago. His grandparents later returned to Florida and Popeil remained with his father.^{& Ron Popeil - IMDb MID}