King camp gillette

King Camp Gillette

By kristialtenburg

  • King Camp Gillette was born.

    King Camp Gillette was born.
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    King Camp Gillette

  • The Gillete family moved to Chicago.

  • The Great Chicago Fire destroyed Gillette's hardware store.

    The Great Chicago Fire destroyed Gillette's hardware store.

  • Gillette decided to move to New York.

  • He moved to Baltimore.

    He got a job in a Baltimore Seal Company.

  • Gillette forms a safty razor company.

    Gillette forms a safty razor company.

  • He started production.

    He started production.

  • The first sale had consists of 51 razors and 168 blades.

  • Sales jumped to 90,000 razors and 2 million blades.

  • Gillette got a patent for his razor.

  • The company produced 2.1 million blades a day.

  • His forchune was ruined by all the stock market crashes.

  • The Gillette company merged with a major compedator.

  • They also started producing shaving cream.

  • King Camp Gillette died.

  • The Gillette company made $9.9 billion in sales in 200 countries.