In the late 1860s, he and his brother Maximilian created America’s first commercially produced yeast, which revolutionized baking in a way that made today's mass production and consumption of bread possible.

[4] Charles' son Max commuted to New York headquarters from his home in Santa Barbara, California, by private railcar.

When prohibition interfered with liquor sales, the Fleischmanns developed a new market for yeast, investigating its possible health benefits for skin and digestion, and promoting it as a good source of vitamins.

The bon vivant, sailor, and sportsman was the youngest mayor by the year 1900 and later served three times as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

[9] Fleischmann's great-great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Holmes is an American fraudster and former businesswoman who founded Theranos, a failed and fraudulent blood-testing Silicon Valley startup.