Brief History of Johnson & Johnson (Tylenol)

Johnson and Johnson is one of the most diverse and oldest companies in the world. The company is 125 years old and was started by 3 brothers, Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. in 1886. The Johnson and Johnson corporation has over 250 operating companies in 175+ countries. Johnson and Johnson is a publicly traded company on the Dow Jones and had global sales of $61.6 billion and a profit of $17.6 Billion in 2010 alone. These sales were made up of 3 separate divisions within the company a Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment, Pharmaceutical segment , and a Consumer segment. Johnson & Johnson owns such recognizable and diverse brands such as Aveeno, Ambi, Listerine, Motrin, Neutrogena, Splenda, Tylenol, Johnson's baby products, Visine, Prezista for HIV, Invega an anti-psychotic medication, and Phsycostimulants to name a few. In 2010 Johnson & Johnson's geographical sales were 48% in the U.S. , 25% in Europe, 18% in Asia/Africa, and 9% in the west hemisphere. Johnson & Jonson is a part of the S&P 500 which makes it one of the largest companies in the world.