Heritage

Not all companies have a Chief Historian. Then again, not all companies have such a long, rich heritage of innovation. Margaret Gurowitz explains the highlights—and delights—of her unique job.

As Memorial Day approaches, we’re honoring the life of the famous poet and service member, known for his iconic “Trees” poem, who was the son of the company’s first Scientific Director—and a writer for Johnson & Johnson.

With college basketball tournaments in full swing, we’re passing on company hoops history that dates back more than a century.

In time for awards show season, we roll out our own red carpet to reveal which old-school stars and starlets of the silver screen had connections to the company.

The largest healthcare company in the world began as a simple partnership among three forward-thinking siblings. We explore the lasting impact James, Edward Mead and Robert Johnson, the company’s first president, had on Johnson & Johnson.

Learn more about this Johnson & Johnson cofounder.

Born in 1845, Robert Wood Johnson I is best known for his pioneering innovations in sterile surgery and sanitary wound care. The company’s future-oriented focus, acceptance of women in professional roles and management for the long-term also have their origins with Johnson, whose founding ideals would later find expression in Our Credo, written by his son Robert Wood Johnson II.

The brother of Johnson & Johnson cofounders Robert Wood Johnson and James Wood Johnson, Edward Mead Johnson led the company’s sales and marketing division in the 19^th century. In 1898, Edward Mead left Johnson & Johnson, taking with him the company’s digestive products line, a business that would eventually become a leading global company in the field of infant and child nutrition.

To commemorate the month that the company first listed sutures in its 1887 inventory book, we’re unspooling fun facts about the ubiquitous medical innovation.

To help mark 75 years since the company went public, we’re retracing some of the pivotal acquisitions, inventions and decisions that have guided the company for more than a century.