Antoon Jurgens

Antoon Jurgens
Born1805
Oss, Netherlands
Died1880 (aged 75)
Oss, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Merchant, industrialist

Antoon Jurgens (1805-1880) was a Dutch merchant and industrialist. He founded a butter company that grew to be one of the largest butter and margarine companies in the world. His company was instrumental in the formation of Margarine Unie which, in 1930, merged with Lever Brothers to form Unilever.