Lever House in Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, the former headquarters of Lever Brothers
Industry
Consumer Goods
Founded
1884; 140 years ago (1884) in Warrington, England
Founders
The 1st Viscount Leverhulme James Darcy Lever
Defunct
1930 (1930)
Fate
Merged with Margarine Unie
Successor
Unilever
Brands
Sunlight Lifebuoy Lux Vim
Number of employees
250,000 (1930)
Parent
Unilever
Subsidiaries
Curtis Davis Company Huileries du Congo Belge A&F Pears Gossage's Watson's Crosfield's Hazlehurst & Sons Hudson's
Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by two brothers: William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). They invested in and successfully promoted a new soap-making process invented by chemist William Hough Watson. Lever Brothers entered the United States market in 1895 and acquired Mac Fisheries, owner of T. Wall & Sons, in 1925. Lever Brothers was one of several British companies that took an interest in the welfare of its British employees. Its brands included Lifebuoy, Lux and Vim. Lever Brothers merged with Margarine Unie to form Unilever in 1929.[1]
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