H. J. Heinz II

Henry John "Jack" Heinz II (July 10, 1908 – February 23, 1987) was an American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. His grandfather Henry J. Heinz founded the company in the nineteenth century, and he worked in a variety of positions within the company before become CEO.

Heinz II was the father of H. John Heinz III, elected as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, who died in a plane crash.

Heinz was born to Howard Covode Heinz and Elizabeth Rust Heinz. His grandfather Henry J. Heinz had founded the H. J. Heinz Company, and his father worked for the company for decades, becoming president after the founder died.

Heinz II was educated at Choate, and graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society. He also earned a degree from Oxford University. During the summers, he worked for his father's Heinz Company in the pickling and salting stations, as bookkeeper and as handyman. He later joined the sales force in England.

Heinz had some early political experience. He served as the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau Chief from 1935 until 1936, and then as Allegheny County Sheriff for Pittsburgh from 1938 until 1942.

Heinz married Joan Diehl, a pioneer aviator, in 1935. They were the parents of one son, H.J. Heinz III. They established their home, Rosemont Farm, in the Fox Chapel suburb of Pittsburgh. The couple divorced in 1942.

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