| Summary: | Corporate executive Cornell McBride, Sr. was born on August 14, 1943 in Savannah, Georgia. After graduating high school in 1961, he migrated North and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1962. After military service, he and his wife moved back to Georgia. He attended Fort Valley University and transferred to Mercer University earning his B.S. degree at the School of Pharmacy in 1973. While at Mercer, McBride and classmate, Thurman McKenzie established M&M Products Company and created Sta-Sof-Fro, the first product to actually soften natural black hair. By the mid-1980s, M&M Products had four national brands: Sta-Sof-Fro, Sof-N-Free, Moxie, and Curly Perm. The company's annual revenues exceeded $40 million. After selling M&M Products in 1989, McBride established McBride Research Laboratories. McBride created several lines of innovative products including Wave by Design and Design Essentials. He authored, "A Cut Above: How Cornell McBride Made Millions in the Hair Care Biz".
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