Lever Brothers
| Industry | Consumer Goods |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1884 in Warrington, England |
| Founders | William Hesketh Lever James Darcy Lever |
| Defunct | 1930 |
| Fate | Merged with Margarine Unie |
| Successor | Unilever |
| Brands | Sunlight Lifebuoy Lux Vim |
Number of employees | 250,000 (1930) |
| Parent | Unilever |
| Subsidiaries | Curtis Davis Company Huileries du Congo Belge A&F Pears Gossage's Watson's Crosfield's Hazlehurst & Sons Hudson's |
Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by two brothers: William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). They invested in and successfully promoted a new soap-making process invented by chemist William Hough Watson. Lever Brothers entered the United States market in 1895 and acquired Mac Fisheries, owner of T. Wall & Sons, in 1925. Its brands included Lifebuoy, Lux and Vim. Lever Brothers merged with Margarine Unie to form Unilever in 1929.