P&G founders William Procter and James Gamble used the same ingredients for their separate candle and soap making businesses. In 1837, they went into business together so they could pool resources to procure those ingredients. That first partnership set the stage for a string of successful partnerships that have helped our Company grow for 175 years. 

Today, partnerships have become an essential way we do business. As we commemorate P&G's 175th anniversary, we reflect on how proud we are today to partner with the best people and companies in the world.  

It seems our partners have been thinking about us, too, in ways that are as unique as the partners themselves. We thank them for their thoughts and honor their creativity by sharing some of their greetings with you.

Adweek

• See highlights from our history the magazine put together
• View anniversary wishes in Adweek's sponsor gallery. Microsoft, whose ad is featured (and pictured above), sent us a special congratulatory note:

Dear P&G Friends,

On behalf of the extended team at Microsoft, we want to send a note of congratulations to recognize P&G’s 175th Anniversary. 

In case you have not seen the special section that ran in this week’s edition of AdWeek, I’m attaching a PDF of the congratulatory message that we placed in the publication.  

We truly appreciate the strategic partnership that we have built with P&G and your external partners.  We consider it a privilege to collaborate with you and with your agencies in order to move P&G’s business forward across the globe.

Wishing you another 175 years of touching lives and improving life!

Your team at Microsoft

AdvertisingAge

• Read their "Special Report – P&G at 175"
• Take their "P&G Brands Quiz: 175 Years of New and Improved"

Possible Agency

• Check out the creativity this agency put into building a birthday cake for us.