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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.
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".
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 ...
He quickly rose through the ranks and in 1927 was sent to Milan, Italy to establish the Italian branch of the company. In March of 1927, Sims headed to Milan via Paris, accompanied by his wife, sister, and 8-month-old son, Wythe. In April of 1927, Sims founded the Italian subsidiary of Palmolive, starting in the Touring Hotel in Milan.
Institutional investors own over 50% of the company, so together than can probably strongly influence board decisions. Colgate-Palmolive is not owned by hedge funds.
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Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate Sr., who was the great-grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company.