George Paterson (businessman)

For the former Michigan Wolverines player, see George "Bubbles" Paterson.
For those of a similar name, see George Patterson.

George Henry Paterson (1845–1939) was a founder of PZ Cussons, one of the United Kingdom's largest personal health care and consumer goods manufacturing businesses.

Career

Brought up in Scotland, George Paterson initially joined the trading house of Fisher & Randall in Freetown in Sierra Leone, West Africa.[1] In 1879, together with George Zochonis, he founded Paterson Zochonis and built it into a large trading house.[1][2][3] It imported West African goods (palm products, nuts, etc.) into the United Kingdom and then exported them to Europe.[1] It also exported British goods (textiles etc.) to West Africa.[1]

George Paterson retired from the Board in 1932 and gradually sold his shares to the Zochonis family. He died in 1939.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Paterson Zochonis: History Archived 2011-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "PZ Cussons: Our History". 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ Jeremy, David J. (1 January 2017). "Zochonis, Sir John Basil". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/108350. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 12 April 2022. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)


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