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John Francis Queeny (August 17, 1859 – March 19, 1933) was an American businessman, known for founding Monsanto Chemical Works (later Monsanto) in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1901, with $5,000. He named the company for his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto.
Monsanto's daughter Olga Méndez Monsanto (1871–1938) was married to John Francis Queeny (1859–1933) of St. Louis, Missouri, who founded the Monsanto Chemical Company, naming it after his wife.
See a photograph of John Francis Queeny (1859-1933), the founder of the Monsanto Company, and his dog. Learn about his career in the pharmaceutical industry and the evolution of Monsanto into a global agrochemical and biotechnology corporation.
Jul 7, 2013 · John F. Queeny, the Irish-American Roman Catholic who founded Monsanto in 1901, was a member of the Order of Malta. Monsanto is a global leader in producing chemicals, genetically modified seeds, and aspartame, and has ties to the Vatican and the Walt Disney Company.
The founder was John Francis Queeny, who, at age 42, was a 30‑year veteran of the nascent pharmaceutical industry. He funded the firm with his own money and capital from a soft drink distributor. He used for the company name the maiden name of his wife, Olga Méndez Monsanto, who was a scioness of the Monsanto family .
John Francis Queeny (August 17, 1859 – March 19, 1933) was an American businessman, known for founding Monsanto Chemical Works (later Monsanto) in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1901, with $5,000. He named the company for his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto.
After working as a buyer for Meyer Brothers Drug Company in St. Louis, Queeny established his own small chemical company in 1901 and began producing saccharin locally because no company in the United States produced it.
