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P&G is a global, publicly traded Fortune 500 company, and the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world.

P&G’s work is driven by a Purpose of providing branded products and services of superior quality and value to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and for generations to come. P&G’s growth strategy, inspired by our Purpose, is to touch and improve more consumers’ lives in more parts of the world, more completely.

HQ: Cincinnati, OH
Operations in: About 80 countries
Sales: $82.6 Billion (2011)
Established: 1837

Brands

50 Leadership Brands, which are among the world's best known household names and which account for 90% of P&G sales and more than 90% of profits. Leadership Brands include 24 Billion-Dollar Brands (each generating more than $1 billion in annual sales).

Four billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world.

Consistently one of the world’s top advertisers, investing more than $8 billion in 2010.

P&G has one of the largest and strongest portfolios of trusted brands, including Pampers, Tide, Ariel, Always, Pantene, Bounty, Pringles, Charmin, Downy, Iams, Crest and Olay.

Leadership

P&G is led by the Company's Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer and an 10-member Board.

• Chairman of the Board, President and CEO: Bob McDonald
• Board Members: Elected to a one-year term

Business Units

P&G’s business is segmented into two key areas, or Global Business Units:

• Beauty and Grooming
• Household Care