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From distributing medicines and vaccines to deploying personal protective equipment (PPE), the company has been dedicated to making care possible for more than 187 years. 1833 – McKesson is founded by John McKesson and Charles Olcott to import and sell therapeutic drugs and herbal products.
McKesson was founded in 1828 in New York City as Charles M. Olcott by Charles M. Olcott. It was later renamed Olcott, McKesson & Co. and John McKesson in 1833, [6] the business began as an importer and wholesaler of botanical drugs.
In 1833 John McKesson founded his own wholesale drug company in Manhattan with another partner, and the company was known as Olcott & McKesson. Twenty years and another partner later, the firm changed its name to McKesson & Robbins.
In 1833 John McKesson and partner Charles Olcott founded Olcott & McKesson, a wholesale and import drug company in Manhattan that provided herbal products. Twenty years later with the addition of Daniel Robbins and the death of Olcott, the firm changed its name to McKesson & Robbins.
Oct 21, 2022 · History of McKesson Corp. In 1833, John McKesson and Charles Olcott founded McKesson Corporation in New York, intending to import and sell pharmaceutical products.
Oct 2, 2018 · Four years before Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of a house divided, John McKesson Jr. (1807-1893) of Olcott, McKesson and Company (now the McKesson Corporation) petitioned Congress on a matter having to do with the very revolution that established the now troubled union.
Mar 1, 2002 · John McKesson (c.1735–1798), a prominent New York City lawyer and a political confidant of George Clinton, was at this time secretary to both the New York provincial congress and the colony’s committee of safety.
