Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar (died 1999)

Forrest Edward Mars Sr. was an American billionaire businessman and the driving force of the candy company Mars Inc. in 1911 as well as founder of Pedigree Petfoods in 1957. He is best known for introducing Milky Way (1924) and Mars (1932) chocolate bars, and M&M's (1941) chocolate, as well as orchestrating the launch of Uncle Ben's Rice. He was the son of the company founder Franklin Clarence Mars and his first wife Ethel G. Mars.

M&M's is the brand name of a color-varied sugar-coated, dragée chocolate confectionery made by the Mars Wrigley Confectionery division of Mars Inc. that was founded as M&M Limited in 1941. The confection consists of a candy shell surrounding a filling that determines the specific type or variety. Each piece has the letter "m" printed in lower case in white on one side. They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years.

Mars, commonly Mars bar, is either of two varieties of chocolate bar produced by Mars Inc. It was first manufactured in 1932 in Slough, England, by Forrest Mars Sr. The bar consists of caramel and nougat coated with milk chocolate.