Company
Chesebrough-Pond's
American maker of Vaseline, Pond's creams, Q-Tips and Cutex, formed by a 1955 merger and bought by Unilever in 1987.
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1955
- Owned by
- Unilever
- Brands here
- 1
- Products here
- 0
Who owns Chesebrough-Pond's
Every company above Chesebrough-Pond's, the top of the group first, each tie from a cited source.
No company above it
ownssince 1987
What the sources say about these ties
- Unilever owns
- Wholly owned Unilever subsidiary from the completion of the $3.1 billion acquisition on 10 February 1987
About Chesebrough-Pond's
Chesebrough-Pond's was the American consumer-products company that made Vaseline petroleum jelly, Pond's creams, Q-Tips swabs, Cutex nail products, Prince Matchabelli fragrances, Ragu sauces and Bass shoes.[1][2] It came into existence in 1955, when the Pond's Extract Company merged with the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, Consolidated, the business Robert Chesebrough had built on Vaseline since 1870, and was incorporated that year as Chesebrough-Pond's Inc.[2][3] Unilever bought about 95 per cent of its stock in a $72.50-a-share tender offer completed on 30 December 1986 and closed the $3.1 billion acquisition on 10 February 1987, after which Chesebrough-Pond's continued as a wholly owned Unilever subsidiary.[1] It is the direct former owner of the Vaseline brand on this site, which passed to Unilever in that deal.[1]
At the takeover the company's corporate headquarters was in Westport, Connecticut,[1] and the Gale directory of company histories gives 33 Benedict Place, Greenwich, Connecticut for its successor Chesebrough-Pond's USA, Inc.[2] Wikidata files the merged company under the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company item, Q5092911, with Chesebrough-Pond's as an alias.[4]
Brands tied to Chesebrough-Pond's 1
References
- ↑ UPI Archives: Unilever completes its $3.1 billion acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's Inc. UPI. publication. Published 1987-02-10. Accessed 2026-09-19.
- ↑ Encyclopedia.com: Chesebrough-Pond's USA, Inc., International Directory of Company Histories Gale, Encyclopedia.com. publication. Accessed 2026-09-19.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Chesebrough Manufacturing Company Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-19. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ Wikidata search: Chesebrough-Pond's resolves to Q5092911, Chesebrough Manufacturing Company Wikimedia Foundation. other. Accessed 2026-09-19. Record: Q5092911. CC0.
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