Deaths: SoftSoap-- Part 2: One of Top Three Shrewdest Business Moves Ever Made

Earlier this year, Inc. Magazine's readers ranked this move as one of the top three shrewdest business moves ever made.

During Taylor's career, he created and sold more than a dozen businesses, including production of toothbrushes, shampoo, various kinds of soap and several very popular fragrances. One of these fragrances was Calvin Klein's Obsession.

He grew up in Chicago.