Did Orville Redenbacher pop his own corn, or did somebody else pop it for him?

Answer 1

He popped his own corn.

Answer 2

Orville Redenbacher made his money in fertilizer, but in his spare time, he indulged his obsession with developing the perfect popcorn. He bought the George F. Chester and Son dent seed corn plant with partner Charlie Bowman, later named Chester Hybrids, in 1951 near Valparaiso, Indiana, and tried tens of thousands of hybrid strands of popcorn before achieving success. They initially named the popcorn "RedBow" but were advised by an advertising agency to use the name Orville Redenbacher to market the corn.