salmon of anonyma and had arrived. samuel's a merry challenge the united fruit company until finally his competition became too troublesome for them. in november $1029.00 he accepted a merger united fruit bought out his company korea merrill samuel received $30000000.00 worth of united fruit company shares. if this made him one of the richest men in the united states and also united fruit biggest shareholder. in 933 he dismissed the company's board of directors and took singlehanded control as one magazine headline put it a journal who swallowed the whale. a true 56 years of age samuel summary was the uncontested king of bananas.