Braun (company)

Braun GmbH
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1921 (as Braun AG) in Frankfurt, Germany
Founder	Max Braun
Headquarters	Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Alessandra Dolfini, Global Braun & Venus Vice President ; Oliver Grabes, Head of Design ; Dieter Rams, Head of Design (1961–1995)
Products	Electric razors ; Hair care appliances ; Epilators ; Electric toothbrushes ; Watches
Owner	Procter & Gamble (brand name & grooming products); Licensees:; De'Longhi (small appliances); Kaz Incorporated (thermometers); Zeon Ltd. (clocks, watches & calculators)
Website	braun.com

Braun GmbH (/braʊn/ ^ⓘ "brown"; German: [bʁaʊn] ^ⓘ) is a German consumer products company founded in 1921 and based in Kronberg im Taunus. The company is known for its design aesthetic from the 1960s through the 1980s, which included products such as electric shavers, radiograms and record players, movie cameras, slide projectors, clocks, and small kitchen appliances for which "Braun became shorthand for reliable, no-nonsense modernist goods."^[1]

From 1984 until 2007, Braun was a wholly owned subsidiary of Gillette, which had purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1967. Braun is now a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, which acquired Gillette in 2005.^[2]

^ Cite error: The named reference Bell-2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Werner, Meike (December 2014). "Braun history, In-depth" (PDF). ctfassets.net. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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[2] Werner, Meike (December 2014). "Braun history, In-depth" (PDF). ctfassets.net. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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