July 24, 2025
Four decades ago, the legendary actor launched Newman’s Own with a salad dressing recipe and a dream to donate all profits to charity.
“Paul founded Newman’s Own at the young age of 57, but well before that, he was already an activist and philanthropist,” Newman’s Own Foundation president and CEO Alex Amouyel tells THR. She notes that, prior to founding the company, Newman had attended Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington, advocated for gender pay parity on his projects and was named a U.N. delegate on disarmament: “From the beginning to the end, he really continued with a vision of giving back.”
