Antonius Johannes Jurgens Founder of Unilever
Antonius Johannes Jurgens Founder of Unilever

Biography of Antonius Johannes Jurgens

Early Life

Antonius Johannes Jurgens founder of Unilever was a famous English Businessman. He was born in the year of 1867 on February 8th in Torquay, United Kingdom. His grandfather name was Anton Jurgens who was the founder of the butter company Anton. He started his early education in his town school when he was very young. After his early education, he joined Lorry College for further studies. For his formal education, he continued his studies even after his college and got his Masters degree in Finance.  

Initial Career and Interest in Business

He was not much interested in studies, that is why he didn’t continue his higher studies and quitted education after Masters. Soon after his education completion, he started his own career. His grandfather company was changed to a margarine factory which was known as the first margarine company of the world. His great interest in business led him to a success in the field and soon he was considered as a very influential businessman and tycoon of food sector industry. This company was just not limited to margarine production but it was considered as the one of the largest soap producer company of that time.  

Co Founder of Unilever

Antonius Johannes is widely credited as the Co Founder of Unilever which was founded in the year of 1930. After initial success in business, he was considered as a very prominent businessman. A person named as William lever had an idea of starting a food products producing company. His idea about starting any proper business was very attention picking but the actual problem he was facing, that was of shortage of financial resources to invest in the business and to start a company. He met with Antonius Johannes Jurgens and Samuel Van Den Bergh and presented his idea about Unilever. Both of these guys were the CEOs of Margarine Unie at that time. His idea influenced their minds and it resulted in merging and mixing of their company in Unilever.

Unilever

Unilever was co founded by William Lever, Antonius Johannes Jurgens and Samuel Van Den Bergh in the year of 1930 on 1st January. Other founders except William Lever were already running a company named as Margarine Unie which was a food based company and was very well known in Holland. This company was merged with company of William Lever and as a result it became Unilever. It has been more than 80 year since foundation of Unilever and presently it is one of the biggest multinational food industries with branches and stores in more than 70 countries of the world. Presently this company is serving many kinds of goods which include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products.

Death

He died on 12th of March in the year of 1945 in United Kingdom. At the time of his death, he was almost 78 years of age and he was buried in England in his home town.