Bic (company)

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Société Bic S.A.

Company type	Société Anonyme
Traded as	Euronext Paris: BB CAC Mid 60 Component
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	25 October 1945; 79 years ago (1945-10-25)
Founders	Marcel Bich Édouard Buffard
Headquarters	Clichy , France
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Gonzalve Bich (CEO)[1]
Products	Lighters Razors Pens
Revenue	€2.233 billion (2022)[2]
Operating income	€303.5 million (2022)
Net income	€208.9 million (2022)
Total assets	€2.6835 billion (2022)
Total equity	€1.8763 billion (2022)
Owner	Bich family
Number of employees	15,898 (2022)
Website	us.bic.com/en_us

Société Bic S.A., commonly called Bic and stylized as BiC, is a French manufacturing corporation based in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine. It was founded in 1945 by French aristocrat Marcel Bich and produces specifically disposable items; namely stationery, lighters, and shaving razors.^[3]