Clorox

The Clorox Company
Formerly
  • Electro-Alkaline Company (1913–1928)
  • Clorox Chemical Company (1928–1957)
Company typePublic
Industry
FoundedMay 3, 1913; 111 years ago (1913-05-03)
Founders
  • Archibald Taft
  • Edward Hughes
  • Charles Husband
  • Rufus Myers
  • William Hussey
HeadquartersClorox Building,
Oakland, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Linda Rendle (CEO)
Products
  • Cleaning supplies
  • bags and wrap
  • foods, personal care
  • water filtration
  • grilling
  • pet care supplies
Brands
RevenueDecrease US$7.09 billion[1] (2024)
Increase US$512 million[1] (2024)
Increase US$280 million[1] (2024)
Total assetsDecrease US$5.75 billion[1] (2024)
Total equityIncrease US$328 million[1] (2024)
Number of employees
8,000 (2024)
Websitethecloroxcompany.com
Footnotes / references
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The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products.[11] As of 2024, the Oakland, California-based company had approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. Net sales for the 2024 fiscal year were US$7.1 billion. Ranked annually since 2000, Clorox was named number 474 on Fortune magazine's 2020 Fortune 500 list.

Clorox products are sold primarily through mass merchandisers, retail outlets, e-commerce channels, distributors, and medical supply providers.[12] Clorox brands include its namesake bleach and cleaning products as well as Burt's Bees, Formula 409, Glad, Hidden Valley, Kingsford, Kitchen Bouquet, KC Masterpiece, Liquid-Plumr, Brita (in the Americas), Mistolin, Pine-Sol, Poett, Green Works Cleaning Products, Soy Vay,[13][14] RenewLife,[15] Rainbow Light, Natural Vitality, Neocell,[16] Tilex, S.O.S., and Fresh Step, Scoop Away, and Ever Clean pet products.[13][14]

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  6. ^ Dulaney, Chelsey (May 15, 2015). "Former Clorox CEO Knauss Leaving Executive Chairman Post". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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  8. ^ "Clorox Reports Q4 and Fiscal Year 2018 Results, Provides Fiscal Year 2019 Outlook".
  9. ^ "Clorox". Fortune. Retrieved December 31, 2018.[dead link]
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  12. ^ "Clorox Company (The) Stock Report". NASDAQ. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Our Brands". The Clorox Company. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Morgan, Penny (November 30, 2015). "How Is Clorox Improving Product Distribution?". Market Realist. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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