Sherwin-Williams: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, United States that owns 5 consumer brands, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]
Sherwin-Williams was founded in Cleveland in 1866 and sold the first ready-mixed paint in a can, at a time when painters ground and mixed their own pigments. It is the largest coatings company in the world and sells principally through thousands of its own shops rather than through hardware retailers.
Sherwin-Williams acquired Valspar for about $11.3 billion, requiring divestitures to satisfy competition regulators. Valspar traces to a Boston paint business founded in 1806 and was the paint sold through Lowe's, a rival retailer to the buyer's own stores.