S. C. Johnson & Son

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 60 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 DiverseyLever and compromising primarily of the former Dubois Chemical), and Johnson Outdoors. S. C. Johnson & Son employed approximately 12,000 and had estimated sales of $6.5 billion in 2004.

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Racine - Wisconsin

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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.

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Corporation - Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr. - 1886 - Dynasty

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

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1939 - Johnson Wax Building - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1950

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In 1984, Cornell University renamed its business school the S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management in recognition of the Johnson family's long generosity to that institution.

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1984 - Cornell University - Business school - S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management

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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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Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr. - 2004

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