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title: "History of colgate"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of colgate and it's story behind"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-11-07  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3148/history-of-colgate  
category: "business"  
tags: ["colgate", "business", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# History of colgate

![History of colgate](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/880cdf44-8867-478b-a976-44eb407a894f/images/515c2293-1f51-41ca-8b7c-94380de96667.jpeg) ![History of colgate](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/880cdf44-8867-478b-a976-44eb407a894f/images/515c2293-1f51-41ca-8b7c-94380de96667.jpeg) William Colgate, an English immigrant to America, created William Colgate & Company, a starch, soap, and candle factory in New York City, in 1806. ![History of colgate](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/880cdf44-8867-478b-a976-44eb407a894f/images/07853245-fdc7-4756-9c1c-23e7b7859485.jpeg) In 1873, Colgate launched its first aromatic jar-based toothpaste. ![History of colgate](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/880cdf44-8867-478b-a976-44eb407a894f/images/7a393a83-86e2-4698-9e18-ea91afcee90c.jpeg) Meanwhile, dentist Washington Sheffield created the first tube toothpaste, Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream, in 1896. ![History of colgate](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/880cdf44-8867-478b-a976-44eb407a894f/images/bd113a45-fc85-4df5-8642-e6400c0f6398.jpeg) In 1928, Colgate & Company merged with Palmolive-Peet Company to form Colgate-Palmolive Company, and became the world's largest consumer products firm ![History of colgate](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/880cdf44-8867-478b-a976-44eb407a894f/images/4dd343c8-7ba6-45a1-bba6-61098c1175ed.jpeg) Today, it is a multinational consumer goods corporation best known for its well-known oral care products, notably the world's leading toothpaste brand

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