He laid the foundation of a world giant company with detergent production: Karl Henkel
The history of the company began with 28-year-old trader Fritz Henkel, who was interested in science. Fritz Henkel, together with his two partners, founded Henkel & Cie in Aachen, Germany on September 26, 1876, and began marketing its first product, a silicate-based detergent. In the years that followed, this entrepreneurial family and its thousands of employees transformed Henkel into a global company.