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Revision as of 03:25, 26 January 2007
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| Company type | Public (NYSE: WWY) |
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| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1891 |
| Headquarters | 410 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Key people | William Wrigley, Jr., Chairman William Perez, CEO |
| Products | Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint, more... |
| Revenue |  $3.649 billion USD (2004) |
Number of employees | 14,800 |
| Website | wrigley.com |
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (NYSE: WWY) was founded on April 1, 1891 originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began offering chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The chewing gum eventually became more popular than the baking powder itself and Wrigley's reoriented the company to produce the popular chewing gum.
The corporate headquarters Wrigley Building is a well-known landmark in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The company currently sells its products in more than 180 countries and maintains 14 factories in various countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, New Zealand, the Philippines, France, Kenya, Taiwan, China, India, Poland, and Russia.
In 2004, Wrigley purchased the Life Savers and Altoids businesses from Kraft Foods for US$1.48 billion. On January 23, 2007 Wrigley signed a purchase agreement to acquire an 80 percent initial interest in A. Korkunov for $300 million with the remaining 20 percent to be acquired over time.
Corporate Leadership
On October 23, 2006, William D. Perez succeeded Bill Wrigley Jr., who will remain in the post as executive chairman, as CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing-gum manufacturer. He is the first person outside the Wrigley family to head the 114-year-old company. He will also join Wrigley's board of directors.
- 1891-1932 - William Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932)
- 1932-1961 - Philip K. Wrigley (1894-1977)
- 1961-1999 - William Wrigley III (1933-1999)
- 1999-2006 - William Wrigley, Jr. II (1964-)
- 2006-curr - William Perez
Subsidiaries
Brands
Gum (US)
- Juicy Fruit (1893)
- Wrigley's Spearmint (1893)
- Doublemint (1914)
- Freedent (1975)
- Big Red (1975)
- Extra (1984)
- Winterfresh (1994)
- Surpass (2001)
- Orbit (reintroduced 2001)
- Orbit White
- Eclipse (2001)
Gum (Canada)
Gum (Made by The Wrigley Company Ltd., Estover, Plymouth, UK)
- Active8 (discontinued)
- Airwaves
- Big Red (discontinued in 1998)
- Doublemint
- Extra
- Freedent (discontinued)
- Ice White - Later re-branded as Orbit Ice White
- Juicy Fruit
- Orbit
- Orbit Professional
- P.K (discontinued)
- Wrigley's Spearmint
Bubble Gum & Candy
- Alpine Throught Relief
- Altoids
- Big League Chew
- Bubble Tape
- Cool Air
- Eclipse
- Excel
- Hubba Bubba
- Life Savers
- Gummi Savers
- Life Saver Minis
- Life Saver Fusions
- Creme Savers
See also
- Wrigley Building
- Wrigley Field—Chicago
- Wrigley Field—Los Angeles
- Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies—Catalina Island
- Wrigley Roof
- Wrigley Sunny's Gay Area Square
- Wrigleyville
External links
- Official site
- Wrigley Candystand Great Free Games
- Wrigley's press release
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