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Robert B. Wegman

Treating employees well was also fundamental, in Wegman’s view. The result has been the company’s inclusion on FORTUNE magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for ten consecutive years starting in 1998. In 2005, Wegmans was ranked #1 on the list. Upon hearing of the #1 ranking, Robert Wegman said, “This is the culmination of my life’s work.”

One of the first actions Robert took when he became president was to raise all salaries. Within a couple of years, he implemented a broad program of health care. Later, the company added a defined contribution retirement plan, a 401K plan and a scholarship program, which has given nearly $56 million in tuition assistance to 18,000 employees since it began in 1984.

In 1987, the company created the Work-Scholarship Connection, a program that has been very successful in reducing the drop-out rate among at-risk students in the Rochester City School District. More than 1,000 middle and high school students participate in the program, and each is provided a youth advocate, part-time job, and workplace mentor at We

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Robert L. Wegman was born in Ohio but grew up in rural North Carolina, where he learned the value of hard work during summers cropping tobacco and picking cucumbers. As a young child, he developed a passion for music, particularly percussion, and eventually attended Atlantic Christian College (renamed Barton College) as a music education major. After completing his undergraduate studies, Mr. Wegman embarked on a career path as a music teacher, dedicating five and a half years to nurturing young talent and fostering their love for music. In 1989, Mr. Wegman's journey took a turn toward more adventure when he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. After spending many years as a line officer, his leadership skills and commitment to service in the environmental response field led to his selection for the prestigious postgraduate legal program. He attended New York Law School, where he was nominated to be a member of the NYLS Law Review, and eventually graduated cum laude in 1996, After passing the New York and New Jersey bar exams, he became a Judge Advocate Gene

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Robert Wegman

Retail executive (1918–2006)

Robert Bernard Wegman (October 14, 1918 – April 20, 2006)^[1]^{[better source needed]} was an American retail executive, associated with the one-stop shopping concept. He was the son of Wegmans Food Markets co-founder Walter Wegman. From 1969 until his death in 2006 at age 87, he was the chairman of Wegmans. In over half a century under his leadership, the family grocery business grew into one of the largest private companies in the United States.^[2]

In 2005, when the company ranked #1 on Fortune magazine's list of best companies to work for, Robert Wegman is known to have said:

"This is the culmination of my life's work.^[3]"

He and his wife, Peggy, grew up attending Rochester Catholic schools.^[4] He was a major benefactor of the local high school he attended, Aquinas Institute, as well as other Catholic education at Niagara University. At the collegiate level, significant gifts from Robert Wegman to St. John Fisher College helped create the Wegmans School of Pha