Gillette is owned by the multinational consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G), which acquired The Gillette Company in 2005 and still controls the brand today.

Who Owns Gillette?

  • Gillette is an American shaving and personal care brand headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • It is part of Procter & Gamble’s grooming division after P&G acquired Gillette in a deal valued at around 57 billion dollars in 2005.
  • Since that merger, Gillette has continued to operate as a major global razor and grooming brand under the P&G corporate umbrella.

Quick Background

  • Gillette was founded in 1901 by King C. Gillette as a safety razor manufacturer.
  • The former Gillette Company was an independent publicly traded company until it merged into Procter & Gamble in 2005, at which point P&G became the owner of the Gillette brand and related businesses such as Braun and Oral‑B within that group.

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