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Edward Mead Johnson (April 23, 1852 – March 20, 1934) was an American businessman and one of the co-founders of Johnson & Johnson. In 1886, Edward Mead Johnson abandoned a career in law and joined his two brothers Robert Wood Johnson I, and James Wood Johnson to found Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Feb 5, 2019 · Read more about the life of Edward Mead Johnson, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson. Learn about his journey to eventually leading sales and advertising. Johnson & Johnson Our Story explores the remarkable people, ideas, and products that have shaped Johnson & Johnson into one of the world’s most innovative healthcare companies.
This is the only known photograph of company founder Edward Mead Johnson in the Johnson & Johnson Archives. Johnson was a talented advertiser who left the company in the late 1890s to found Mead Johnson Nutrition (later Mead Johnson & Company).
Johnson & Johnson is Founded, 1886. Robert Wood Johnson, along with his two younger brothers, James Wood and Edward Mead, launched the company. Its first factory opened in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with just 14 employees: eight women and six men.
Edward Mead Johnson died in 1934, and Lambert Mead Johnson succeeded his father as president, and served in the position until 1955, making him the longest-serving president in company history. D. Mead Johnson was the third generation of the family to serve as chief executive of the firm.
Jun 26, 2013 · In 1886, three brothers – Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson – founded Johnson & Johnson, in New Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.
Feb 6, 2019 · The largest healthcare company in the world began as a simple partnership among three forward-thinking siblings. We explore the lasting impact James, Edward Mead and Robert Johnson, the company’s first president, had on Johnson & Johnson.
Apr 10, 2005 · Founded in 1886 by three brothers -- Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson -- the company remained fully under family control until 1944, when it began to sell...
A Major Breakthrough in Infant Formula. Company founder Edward Mead Johnson's infant son, Ted, suffered from a life-threatening congenital heart condition, complicated by also not tolerating his feedings and becoming weaker.
Learn more about how our founder, Edward Mead Johnson, Sr. of the famous Johnson & Johnson brothers, grew his interest in nutritional products into the Mead Johnson brand we know today.
