Reckitt Benckiser
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| Public limited company | |
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| ISIN | GB00B24CGK77 |
| Industry | Consumer goods |
| Founded | 1814 (J&J Colman) 1823 (Benckiser) 1840 (Reckitt & Sons) 1938 (merger of Reckitt & Sons and J&J Colman) 1999 (merger of Reckitt & Colman and Benckiser) |
| Founder | Johann Benckiser Isaac Reckitt |
| Headquarters | Slough, England, UK |
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Key people
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Adrian Bellamy (Chairman) Rakesh Kapoor (CEO) |
| Products | Cleaning products Consumer healthcare products Condiments Personal care products |
| Revenue | £10.2 billion (2015) |
| £2.374 billion (2015) | |
| £1.745 billion (2015) | |
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Number of employees
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37,200 (2015) |
| Website | www |
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) (: ) (
listen ) is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, England. It is a producer of health, hygiene and home products. It was formed in 1999 by the merger of the UK-based Reckitt & Colman plc and the Netherlands-based Benckiser NV.
RB's brands include French's Mustard, the antiseptic brand Dettol, the sore throat medicine Strepsils, the hair removal brand Veet, the air freshener Air Wick, Calgon, Clearasil, Cillit Bang, Durex, Lysol, Mycil and Vanish. It has operations in around 60 countries and its products are sold in almost 200 countries.
RB is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £44 billion as of December 2015.
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