Quadracci Remembered as an Industry Icon
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I’m writing this on July 30 when I and most of the industry received the shocking and sad news of the passing of Harry V. “Larry” Quadracci, 66, the president and founder of Quad/Graphics. Few dispute he has been the single biggest icon in the printing industry for nearly three decades. History will prove his influence even much more enduring than a mere 30 years.
He was the epitome of the American success story, founding the company on July 13, 1971, in an abandoned factory in Pewaukee, WI with 11 employees, using a $35,000 second mortgage on his home and capital raised from a handful of associates.
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