Friday, February 1, 2008

Johnson Wax Family


Type:Private
Founded:1886
Headquarters:Racine, Wisconsin
Key people:Dr. Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman & CEO
Industry:Consumer Products
Products:Shout, Windex, Mr. Muscle, Ziploc, Edge, Glade, Brise, Vanish, Raid, OFF!, Kabbikiller,Pledge, Scrubbing Bubbles
Revenue:~$7.5 billion
Employees:12,000
Slogan:"A Family Company."


S. C. Johnson (S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.), previously known as S. C. Johnson Wax, is a global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals based in Racine, Wisconsin. It has operations in nearly 70 countries and its brands are sold in over 110. It is the largest component of the Johnson Family Enterprises, which also includes the Johnson Financial Group, JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly Johnson Wax Professional and the acquisition of DiverseyLever, comprising primarily the former Dubois Chemical), and Johnson Outdoors. In 2006 S. C. Johnson & Son employed approximately 12,000 and had estimated sales of $7.5 billion.



















Unusual for a corporation of its size, S. C. Johnson is family-owned. The company began when Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr. purchased the parquet flooring business of Racine Hardware Company in 1886 and renamed it Johnson's Prepared Paste Wax Company. Management has since passed down through five generations of the Johnson family; the longevity of this dynasty is itself unusual.

In 1939 the first part of the Johnson Wax Building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened. The tower opened in 1950.

The current Chairman and CEO, Dr. Herbert Fisk Johnson III, is the fifth generation of the Johnson family to lead the company. He succeeds his father, Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., who died in May, 2004.

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