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Johnson & Johnson · founded1886

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What the statuses mean

Valid from
1886-01-01
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-11
Checked
2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.95

Sources

“They were brothers Robert, James and Edward Mead Johnson, and in 1886, they brought together their respective talents to found a small family company that bore their surname.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-11

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Each form names the value, its as-of date (1886-01-01), the day you read it (2026-11-12), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text
AsOf. "Johnson & Johnson founded: 1886", as of 1886-01-01. Claim clm_7408A6454730, https://asof.is/claim/clm_7408A6454730, accessed 2026-11-12. Source: https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/meet-the-innovative-brothers-who-founded-johnson-johnson-in-1886.
APA
AsOf. (1886). Johnson & Johnson founded: 1886 (as of 1886-01-01) [Record clm_7408A6454730]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_7408A6454730 (source: https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/meet-the-innovative-brothers-who-founded-johnson-johnson-in-1886)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_7408A6454730,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Johnson \& Johnson founded: 1886},
  year = {1886},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_7408A6454730}},
  note = {Claim clm\_7408A6454730, as of 1886-01-01; source: https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/meet-the-innovative-brothers-who-founded-johnson-johnson-in-1886},
  urldate = {2026-11-12}
}

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