What most don’t know is that Purell is the cornerstone of a 74-year-old family-owned business in Ohio that makes all types of soaps, sanitizers and disinfectants. Called Gojo Industries, it has about 25% of the U.S. hand sanitizer market and generated more than $370 million in revenue in 2018, according to IBISWorld.
Who runs Gojo Industries?
Gojo Industries, the company that makes Purell, is a family-owned business that was founded by Jerry and Goldie Lippman in Akron, Ohio, in 1946. Today, the company is run by Marcella Kanfer Rolnick, the executive chair and a third-generation member of the Kanfer-Lippman family.
Is Purell a Johnson and Johnson product?
Press Releases. GOJO Industries today announced that it has bought the PURELL® brand from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company Division of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. … acquired the brand as part of the company’s acquisition of Pfizer Consumer Healthcare in 2006.