 Wilson spent 25 years working his way up the ranks of Morris & Co, becoming Vice-President of the packing house in 1906, and president in 1913 following the death of its founder, Edwin Morris.In 1916, bankers succeeded in luring Wilson away from Morris & Company, in order to run a failing New York-based meat packing company called Sulzberger & Sons (S&S) (Ferdinand Sulzberger, founded in 1853 as Schwartzchild & Sulzberger).The company's name was changed to Wilson & Co., Inc. on 27 July 1916, and its headquarters moved to Chicago's Union Stock Yards.