The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (NYSE: WWY (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=WWY)) was founded on April 1, 1891 originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began offering chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The chewing gum eventually became more popular than the baking powder itself and Wrigley's reoriented the company to produce the popular chewing gum.
Company is one of the most successful company in the world.
Four generations of the Wrigley family have provided continuous leadership of the company beginning with the founder, William Wrigley Jr., who was followed by his son, Philip K. Wrigley, whose son William Wrigley led the company for 38 years until his death in March of 1999 and now his son, William Wrigley Jr.
Wrigley decided to advertise the gum on a modest scale in the three eastern cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse and the results were promising.
The corporate headquarters Wrigley Building is a well-known landmark in Chicago, Illinois.
The company currently sells its products in more than 180 countries and maintains 14 factories in various countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, New Zealand, the Philippines, France, Kenya, Taiwan, China, India, Poland, and Russia.
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