词条 | Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. |
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| name = Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. | image = SamFounderfamilyphoto.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = December 24, 1833 | birth_place = Elyria, Ohio | death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|12|6|1833|12|24}} | death_place = Racine, Wisconsin | occupation = Businessman, Founder, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc | spouse = Caroline Fisk | parents = Phineas Miller Johnson Orra Ann Collins | children = Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr. }} Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. (December 24, 1833 – December 6, 1919) was an American businessman. He founded S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. of Racine, Wisconsin. LifeSamuel Curtis Johnson Sr. was the son of Phineas Miller Johnson and Orra Ann Collins. [1] In 1882, he moved to Racine where he became a parquet flooring salesman for the Racine Hardware Manufacturing Co. In 1886, he purchased the flooring business from the company and renamed it Johnson's Prepared Paste Wax Company. A few years later he established his own factory for manufacturing floor waxes and wood finishes. When his son, Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr. became a partner in 1906, the firm was renamed S. C. Johnson & Son.[2] LegacySC Johnson remains privately held by the Johnson family today, and operates in more than 70 countries, employs 12,000 people, and provides products in more than 110 countries around the world.[3] The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is named in his honor. See also
Notes1. ^Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin: Containing Biographical Sketches of Business and Professional Men and of Many of the Early Settled Families. JH Beers & Co., 1906, page 200 {{S. C. Johnson family}}{{SCJohnson}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Samuel Curtis}}{{1830s-US-business-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1537&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=J |accessdate=March 24, 2014 |title=Johnson, Samuel Curtis 1833 - 1919 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |work=Dictionary of Wisconsin History |year=2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324051556/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1537&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=J |archivedate=March 24, 2014 }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scjohnson.com/en/family/johnsons/samuel-curtis-johnson.aspx|title=Five Generations of Johnsons: Samuel Curtis Johnson|accessdate=July 17, 2014|publisher=S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.|year=2014}} 6 : 1833 births|1919 deaths|People from Elyria, Ohio|Businesspeople from Racine, Wisconsin|American businesspeople|Samuel Curtis Johnson family |
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