BURBANK, CA—Delving into the eccentric character’s backstory to explain how he became so famous, a new prequel from Warner Bros. tells the tale of a young Willy Wonka using his rich father’s money to purchase an already-successful chocolate factory, which he renames after himself. “Wonka is the origin story of the…
If this actually were the case the fact that it was still successful by the time of the movie/book would be enough to call him a business genius by today’s standards.