Monsanto

Overview

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• TickerMON on NYSE¹
• Industryagriculture, biotechnology¹
• HeadquartersSt. Louis¹
• Founded inSt. Louis¹
• Legal formDelaware corporation¹

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The Monsanto Company was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.²

The story

Founded by John Francis Queeny in 1901, in St. Louis.¹

Leadership

Who has led Monsanto, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderJohn Francis Queeny¹
• Chief executive officerHugh Grant 2003 to now¹
• Chief executive officerRobert B. Shapiro 1995 to 2000¹
• Chief executive officerCharles Allen Thomas 1960 to 1964¹
• Chief executive officerEdgar Monsanto Queeny 1928 to 1960¹
• Chief executive officerJohn Francis Queeny until 1928¹

Products and brands

• fertilizer
• herbicide
• seed

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Bayer

Owners

• Bayer

Subsidiaries

• Agracetus
• Cetus Corporation
• Delta & Pine Land Company
• Monsanto (Brazil)
• Monsanto (India)
• Monsanto (United Kingdom)
• Monsanto Canada
• NutraSweet
• G. D. Searle & Company since 1985
• Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. since 2005

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. 2005Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. became a subsidiary¹
2. 1985Acquired G. D. Searle & Company¹
3. Aug 6, 1959Acquired SunEdison¹

Employees over time

• 201525,500¹
• 201321,900¹
• 201021,400¹
• 200821,700¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

• 2015$15.0B¹

Net income

• 2015$2.3B¹

Timeline

1. Jun 7, 2018Dissolved Dissolved¹
2. 2003New chief executive Hugh Grant becomes CEO¹
3. 1995New chief executive Robert B. Shapiro becomes CEO¹
4. 1960New chief executive Charles Allen Thomas becomes CEO¹
5. 1928New chief executive Edgar Monsanto Queeny becomes CEO¹
6. 1901Founded Founded in St. Louis¹

Links

• WikipediaMonsanto
• WikidataQ207983