William

Colgate
Businessman and Philanthropist
"Be sure you start right, and you'll get along well"
Joevani T. Domingo
12-Einstein
William Colgate
Born: 25-Jan-1783

Birthplace: Hollingbourn, Kent, England

Died: 25-Jan-1857

Location of death: New York City

Cause of death: unspecified

Remains: Buried, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Male

Religion: Baptist

Race or Ethnicity: White

Sexual orientation: Straight

Occupation: Business, Philanthropist

Nationality: United States

Executive summary: Toothpaste empire builder

Father: Robert Colgate (farmer, d. 1805)

Mother: Sarah Bowles Colgate (m. 1740, d. 1840)
Brother: Bowles Colgate
Sister: Maria Colgate
Wife: Mary Gilbert Colgate (m. 1811)
Son: Samuel Colgate (President of Colgate & Company, b. 1822, d. 1898)
Son: Robert Colgate (b. 1812, d. 1885)
Son: James Boorman Colgate (banker, b. 1818, d. 1897)

I pick William Colgate as my inspirational people because

in her life he suffer a lot and he never give up for her
business