Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur. He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk. Earlier, Borden helped plan the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836.
- Occupation
- inventor, businessperson, entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 9, 1801
- Died
- January 11, 1874
