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William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) was an English-American industrialist who in 1806 founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company. Early life [ edit ]
Palmolive bar soap advertisement, The Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, May 20, 1899 Palmolive_soap_logo_circa_1899 1922 advertisement for Palmolive soap. In 1898, the company introduced a pale, olive-green-colored, floating bar of soap made of coconut, palm and olive oils aggressively marketed under the brand name "Palmolive".
The Colgate-Palmolive Company, commonly known as Colgate-Palmolive, is an American multinational consumer products company headquartered on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company specializes in the production, distribution, and provision of household, health care, personal care, and veterinary products.
In 2015, oral care products (principally produced under the Colgate brand) were the Colgate-Palmolive company's largest source of income, making up around US$7.5 billion, or 47% of net sales globally (with personal care products such as shampoos making up 20%, home care products such as laundry detergents 19% and pet nutrition making up the ...
Palmolive may refer to: Colgate-Palmolive, the company associated with Palmolive brand soap; Palmolive (brand), a soap brand owned by Colgate-Palmolive;
Tom's of Maine: founded by Tom and Kate Chappell in 1970 with US$5,000. In 2006, a controlling 84% stake in Tom's of Maine was purchased by Colgate-Palmolive for US$100 million. [45] The Chappells own the remaining sixteen percent. Ultra Brite: [46] an American toothpaste and tooth-whitener marketed by Colgate-Palmolive in the United States.
Mennen is a brand owned in most parts of the world by the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Its most notable product, Mennen Speed Stick, with its fougère perfume and green wide stick, was the US market leader among deodorants and antiperspirants for men for many years.
George Henry Lesch (1909–1994) was the president and CEO of the Colgate-Palmolive company from 1961 to 1974, and was also the chairman of the board of the company from 1961 to 1974. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine in 1966.