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Born
King. C. Gillette is born, January 5th 1855. Born in Fond Du Luc, Wisonsin. -
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King C. Gilette
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The Human Drift
Gillette wrote a book that was published and pushed the case of all industry throughout the world being taken over by a single corporation. -
Idea is born
Gillette a salesman for a company at the time is given the idea to create something universally desired but disposable. It was from here with that advice that the Gillette razor would be born. -
King C. Gillette founds American Safety Razor Co.
Gillette founded the company that would sell his revolutionary razor to the world. -
Name of Company Changed
Gillette ended up changing the name of his company to Gillette Safety Razor Company. -
Established
Gillette had established factories throughout various parts of the world, United States, Canda, France, England, Germany. -
Top Dog
Gillette was ontop of the razor world a millionaire due to his product and world reknowned due to his face upon its packaging. -
Mass Production
Gillettes low prices and automated creation of the razor functioned well for him. His razor sales reaching 450,000 units while the blade sales reached over 70 Million units by this time alone. -
Gillette's Home
Gillette built his own home at 324 Overlook Road. A 4,800-square-foot (450 m2) main home and 720-square-foot (67 m2) guest house. The homes sit on 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land are what remain of the original estate. -
Death
King C. Gillette Dies in Los Angelos, California. At the time of his death he was nearly bankrupt, and losing much of his coporate shares during the Great Depression.
