Edward Mead Johnson
Co-founders of Johnson & Johnson. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Mead Johnson (April 23, 1852 ā March 20, 1934) was an American businessman and one of the co-founders of Johnson & Johnson. In 1886, Edward Mead Johnson abandoned a career in law and joined his two brothers Robert Wood Johnson I, and James Wood Johnson to found Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He left that family surgical supply business in 1895 to found what became Mead Johnson, which produces nutrition products for infants and children marketed in fifty countries around the world.
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Edward Mead Johnson | |
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Born | (1852-04-23)April 23, 1852 |
Died | March 20, 1934(1934-03-20) (aged 81) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder of Johnson & Johnson Founder of Mead Johnson |
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