Frank C. Shattuck Founder of Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Frank C. Shattuck Founder of Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Biography of Frank C. Shattuck

Early Life

Frank C. Shattuck founder of Kimberly-Clark Corporation was a famous American businessman and entrepreneur. He was born in the year of 1825 on March 6th in Essex County, New York in United States of America. His father’s name was Weston Shattuck while his mother was Elizabeth Mather Shattuck. He was just 12 years old his father died who was a farmer.  That was the reason he was on that account obliged to direct his attention to the farm. In the age of just 16 years, he joined Presbyterian Church and continued this thing till his death.

Initial Career

He started his career in the age of just fourteen years when he entered into teaching field. As he didn’t have much formal education except four of five years of initial education, somehow he managed to teach the school children for next four years. After that, he left the teaching job and started Clerking in Vermont. Later on he headed a project of the Gold Rush when he was just 24 years of age.

Co Founder of Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Later on Shattuck started his own political career and many businesses and became a famous personality. One of his friends had an idea to start his own business. His friend named as John A. Kimberly shared his idea with one of his best friends Charles B. Clark, who supported him in his idea and offered him his help. Actual problem they were facing, that was shortage of funds and investments. They involved their other two friends named as Havilah Babcock and Frank C. Shattuck. After all this process of ideas sharing, Kimberly-Clark Corporation was the name suggested by all of them.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Kimberly-Clark Corporation was co founded by John A. Kimberly and three of his friends named as Havilah Babcock, Franck c. Shattuck and Charles B. Clark. It was founded in the year of 1872 as a personal care company. It is generally a kind of company which produces the paper based consumer products. The products of this company include facial tissue, Kotex feminine, hygiene products, Scott toilet papers and Andrex. Presently this company has more than 58,000 employees and its main industry is about manufacturing and production of personal and household goods.  The head quarter of the company is in Irving, Texas in United States of America. The initial investment of the company was just 30,000 USD which were collected equally by all partners but presently its global revenues are more than 21.1 Billion United States dollars. The company was listed as number one place to work list in the year of 1998.

Death

He died in the year of 1901 on December 18th in New York in USA. He was almost 75 years of age at the time of his death.