The Gillette Company

defunct American multinational consumer products company
Organization public_company Q123160974
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The Gillette Company

Summary

The Gillette Company is a public company[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gillette Company is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Gillette Company's instance of is recorded as enterprise[4].
  • The Gillette Company's instance of is recorded as defunct organization[5].
  • The Gillette Company's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • The Gillette Company is owned by Procter & Gamble[7].
  • King Camp Gillette is named after The Gillette Company[8].
  • The Gillette Company's industry is recorded as razor industry[9].
  • The Gillette Company's industry is recorded as razor blade industry[10].
  • September 28, 1901 marks the founding of The Gillette Company[11].
  • The Gillette Company's product or material produced is recorded as safety razor[12].
  • The Gillette Company's product or material produced is recorded as razor blade[13].
  • The Gillette Company's described by source is recorded as King C. Gillette, the Man and His Wonderful Shaving Device[14].
  • The Gillette Company's described by source is recorded as Cutting Edge: Gillette's Journey to Global Leadership[15].
  • The Gillette Company's described by source is recorded as The Gillette Blade[16].
  • The Gillette Company's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The American Safety Razor Company'}[17].
  • The Gillette Company's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gillette Safety Razor Company'}[18].
  • The Gillette Company's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gillette Company'}[19].
  • The Gillette Company's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company[20].
  • The Gillette Company's different from is recorded as Gillette[21].
  • The Gillette Company's merged into is recorded as Procter & Gamble[22].

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Founding

September 28, 1901 marks the founding of The Gillette Company[11].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The American Safety Razor Company'}[17], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gillette Safety Razor Company'}[18], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gillette Company'}[19].

Industry

Industries include razor industry[9] and razor blade industry[10].

Ownership

The Gillette Company is owned by Procter & Gamble[7]. Products include safety razor[12] and razor blade[13].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for The Gillette Company include Gillette Stadium[23], a stadium[24], in United States[25], founded in 2002[26].

Why It Matters

The Gillette Company has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include Gillette Stadium[23], a stadium[24], in United States[25], founded in 2002[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Cutting Edge: Gillette's Journey to Global Leadership. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Cutting Edge: Gillette's Journey to Global Leadership. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . media.corporate-ir.net. media.corporate-ir.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . King C. Gillette, the Man and His Wonderful Shaving Device. media.corporate-ir.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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