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==Corporate Leadership== ==Corporate Leadership==

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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
File:Logo wrigley.gif
Company typePublic (NYSE: WWY)
IndustryFood processing
FoundedChicago, Illinois, USA in 1891
Headquarters410 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, USA
Key peopleWilliam Wrigley, Jr., Chairman
William Perez, CEO
ProductsJuicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint, more...
RevenueIncrease$3.649 billion USD (2004)
Number of employees14,800
Websitewrigley.com

The Wrigley Company (NYSE: WWY) was founded on April 1, 1891 originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began offering chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The chewing gum eventually became more popular than the baking powder itself and Wrigley's reoriented the company to produce the popular chewing gum.

The corporate headquarters Wrigley Building is a well-known landmark in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The company currently sells its products in more than 180 countries and maintains 14 factories in various countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, New Zealand, the Philippines, France, Kenya, Taiwan, China, India, Poland, and Russia.

In 2004, Wrigley purchased the Life Savers and Altoids businesses from Kraft Foods for US$1.48 billion. On January 23, 2007 Wrigley signed a purchase agreement to acquire an 80 percent initial interest in A. Korkunov for $300 million with the remaining 20 percent to be acquired over time.

Wrigley's Oral Healthcare Program has pioneered independent clinical research into the benefits of chewing gum on oral health, has worked in partnership with the dental profession for over 25 years. Chewing ORBIT Complete sugarfree gum has been proven to help prevent tooth decay (by up to 40% in some trials) and the use of ORBIT Complete sugarfree gum has been endorsed by the FDI World Dental Federation.

Corporate Leadership

On October 23, 2006, William D. Perez succeeded Bill Wrigley Jr., who will remain in the post as executive chairman, as CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing-gum manufacturer. He is the first person outside the Wrigley family to head the 114-year-old company. He will also join Wrigley's board of directors.

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Gum (US)

Gum (Canada)

Gum (Made by The Wrigley Company Ltd., Estover, Plymouth, UK)

Bubble Gum & Candy

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