King Camp Gillette By kristialtenburg Jan 5, 1855 King Camp Gillette was born. King Camp Gillette was born. Period: Jan 5, 1855 to Jan 1, 1999 King Camp Gillette Jan 1, 1859 The Gillete family moved to Chicago. Oct 8, 1871 The Great Chicago Fire destroyed Gillette's hardware store. Oct 8, 1871 Gillette decided to move to New York. Jan 1, 1891 He moved to Baltimore. He got a job in a Baltimore Seal Company. Sep 28, 1901 Gillette forms a safty razor company. Jan 1, 1903 He started production. Jan 1, 1903 The first sale had consists of 51 razors and 168 blades. Jan 1, 1904 Sales jumped to 90,000 razors and 2 million blades. Jan 1, 1904 Gillette got a patent for his razor. Jan 1, 1926 The company produced 2.1 million blades a day. Jan 1, 1929 His forchune was ruined by all the stock market crashes. Jan 1, 1930 The Gillette company merged with a major compedator. Jan 1, 1930 They also started producing shaving cream. Jul 9, 1932 King Camp Gillette died. Jan 1, 1999 The Gillette company made $9.9 billion in sales in 200 countries.
