Johann Benckiser
Founder of Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH (1782–1851) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johann Adam Benckiser (30 December 1782 – 7 May 1851) was a German chemist who founded Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH, a major German chemicals business. Since 1999, the business has been part of Reckitt Benckiser, a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.