William Colgate was an English-American soap industrialist who founded in 1806 what became the Colgate-Palmolive company.
13 Facts About William Colgate
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William Colgate was the son of Robert Colgate and his wife Sarah.
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The family moved to a farm near Shoreham when William was six years old.
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Colgate formed a partnership with Ralph Maher to manufacture soap and candles, and William helped the two men, but the partnership dissolved after two years.
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William Colgate there obtained employment as an apprentice to a soap-boiler.
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William Colgate closely watched the methods practiced by his employer, noting what seemed to him to be mismanagement, and learned useful lessons for his own guidance.
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In 1806 William Colgate established a starch, soap and candle business in Manhattan, on Dutch Street.
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William Colgate followed his goal of prosperity through life, and became one of the most prosperous men in the city of New York.
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William Colgate was a tither throughout his long and successful business career.
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William Colgate gave not merely one-tenth of the earnings of Colgate's soap products; but he gave two-tenths, then three-tenths, and finally five-tenths of all his income to the work of God in the world.
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William Colgate had previously worked in a soap manufacturing shop.
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William Colgate annually subscribed money to assist in defraying the expenses of Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution ; and he was among the most strenuous opponents of their removal to the city of Rochester.
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William Colgate was a regular contributor to the funds of the Baptist Missionary Union, and took upon himself the entire support of a foreign missionary.