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Domenico “Domingo” Ghirardelli was born in Italy in the year 1817, where he made chocolate as a kid. He moved to South American to join the South America chocolate trade. Domingo came to San Francisco during the 1849 Gold Rush. He tried prospecting, then opened his first store in a tent in Stockton, CA. Soon after he opened his second store in San Francisco. Domingo made his fortune by selling chocolate.

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