Wrigley is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company was the largest chewing gum maker in the world until Mars acquired it in 2008; it now trades as Mars Wrigley.
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Mars acquired the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for $80 a share in cash, financed in part by Berkshire Hathaway and Goldman Sachs. The deal created Mars Wrigley and made Mars the largest confectionery company in the world.
Wrigley controlled these 4 brands in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Wrigley owned it still shows why it no longer does.
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
Wrigley is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.
Yes. Wrigley is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was founded in 1891.
Wrigley is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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