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James Gamble (1803 - 1891):
Industrialist; detergent manufacturer

James Gamble is today a household name, Gamble having been the partner of William Procter; they formed the partnership of Procter & Gamble, which became and remains one of the world’s leading and best-known multinational companies, whose products range in 2012 covers  many domestic and personal products and includes 25 “billion-dollar brands”, that is, brands which generate annual world sales of over one billion dollars (USD). 

James Gamble was born at Graan, near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, eldest son of George Gamble, whose brother was Josias Gamble, a pioneer in the chemical industry. James was educated at the prestigious Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, and emigrated with the family to Canada and ultimately the United States of America, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio where his father established a horticultural nursery. After a period of illness James Gamble was apprenticed to a soap-maker before setting up his own business in the late 1820s, with a series of partne

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James Gamble

Procter & Gamble is one of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods companies, and it all began as a storefront shop opened by two men: William Procter and James Gamble.

James Gamble’s father was a protestant minister in Ireland. In 1819, when Gamble was 16, the family came to the U.S. to start a new life. His father intended to preach in Illinois, but James became ill along the way. The family sought treatment in Cincinnati.

He made a full recovery and went on to become a soapmaker. He married Elizabeth Norris, whose sister married William Procter, a candlemaker. At the suggestion of their father-in-law, the two men went into business together in 1837 and Procter & Gamble (P&G) was born.

P&G pioneered several firsts:

  • Instituted a profit-sharing program that gave employees an ownership stake in the company. (1887)
  • Gamble’s son, James N. Gamble, helped create the first coordinated community campaign for charities. Known today as United Way, it is now the leading community-based fundraiser in the United States. (1915)
  • Became the first compan
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    Gamble, James

    (1836-1932)
    Procter & Gamble

    Overview

    James Norris Gamble was principally responsible for the development of Ivory Soap, one of the most recognizable products in American business history. As a partner in Procter & Gamble, he helped guide the company through a period of rapid growth and innovation. The son of the company's cofounder, he also innovated in the arena of labor relations by introducing a profit sharing plan in 1887.

    Personal Life

    James Norris Gamble was born August 9, 1836 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the grandson of Irish immigrants who had settled in the "Queen City of the West" in 1819. The son of Elizabeth Ann and James Gamble, the cofounder of the Procter & Gamble soap and candle company, Gamble attended school at Cincinnati's Chickering Institute. He earned his bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in 1854 and completed his master's degree there three years later. Gamble later did postgraduate work in chemistry at the University of Maryland.

    Gamble married Margaret Penrose, a native of Ireland and the daughter of a British army off

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