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Edgewell Personal Care Company

Consumer Packaged Goods - Personal Care ProductsFounded 2015
Reviewed by Swet Parvadiya
Company data updated: October 2026

Founders

Who Founded Edgewell?

Energizer Holdings · Founded 2015 · HQ today: Shelton, Connecticut

Who founded Edgewell?

Edgewell was founded by Energizer Holdings in 2015. It is now led by Rod Little.

Founders
Energizer Holdings
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Shelton, Connecticut
Number of founders
1
Current CEO
Rod Little (since 2019)
Where was Edgewell founded?
Edgewell was founded in Shelton, Connecticut in 2015.
When was Edgewell founded?
Edgewell was founded in 2015.
Who started Edgewell?
Edgewell was founded by Energizer Holdings.
How old is Edgewell?
Edgewell is 11 years old as of 2026.

Founding Story

Edgewell's brands are much older than the company. Wilkinson Sword traces to a London gunsmith business founded by Henry Nock in 1772, and Schick goes back to Jacob Schick's magazine repeating razor patented in 1921. Energizer Holdings bought Schick-Wilkinson Sword from Pfizer in 2003 and Playtex Products in 2007, then split into two public companies in 2015, with the personal care half named Edgewell.

Energizer Holdings

Co-founder 2015

Background

Energizer's experience running global consumer brands and retail distribution gave Edgewell its starting brand portfolio, manufacturing network and customer relationships.

Role at Edgewell Personal Care Company

Energizer Holdings is the St. Louis-based battery and consumer products company that created Edgewell. It bought Schick-Wilkinson Sword from Pfizer in 2003 and Playtex Products in 2007, building a personal care division alongside its battery business. On July 1, 2015, Energizer spun off the personal care business as Edgewell Personal Care and kept the battery and lighting business under a new Energizer Holdings. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

Edgewell Personal Care Company: CEO & Leadership History

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Francesca Weissman

Chief Financial Officer

2024 – Present

She actively restructured the company's long-term debt and executed targeted share repurchase programs to stabilize the stock price.

Rod Little

President and Chief Executive Officer

2019 – Present

Little has narrowed Edgewell into a shave, sun and skin care, and grooming company and framed fiscal 2026 as a back-half recovery, with organic growth returning in Q3.

David Hatfield

Former President and CEO

2015 – 2019

Established Edgewell as a standalone public company.

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Who Founded Edgewell? FAQ

Who founded Edgewell?

Edgewell has no individual founder. It was created by Energizer Holdings, which spun off its personal care business as a separate public company on July 1, 2015.

What are the historic founding origins of the brands that form Edgewell Personal Care?

Edgewell unites well-known personal care pioneers dating back centuries: Wilkinson Sword (founded in London in 1772 by Henry Nock), Schick (founded in 1921 by Col. Jacob Schick), Playtex (founded in 1932), Hawaiian Tropic (founded in 1969 by Ron Rice), and Banana Boat (founded in 1978 by Robert Bell).

How did Colonel Jacob Schick invent the modern safety razor and magazine razor in 1921?

In 1921, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Schick was inspired while stationed in Alaska, where shaving with cold water and a straight razor was difficult. He invented the Schick Magazine Repeating Razor (using replacement blades stored safely inside the handle), launching the Schick razor empire.

What was Wilkinson Sword's transition from swordmaker to razor pioneer?

Founded in London in 1772 as a manufacturer of royal swords and firearms, Wilkinson Sword adapted its metallurgical sword-forging expertise in 1898 to produce safety razors, later introducing the world's first stainless steel razor blade in 1961.

How did Energizer Holdings acquire and assemble the personal care portfolio before the 2015 spin-off?

Energizer Holdings assembled the portfolio through major strategic acquisitions: acquiring Schick-Wilkinson Sword from Pfizer in 2003 for $930 million, and acquiring Playtex Products (which owned Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, and Playtex) in 2007 for $1.9 billion.

Why did Energizer Holdings spin off Edgewell Personal Care on July 1, 2015?

In 2014 to 2015, Energizer's board recognized that household batteries (Energizer) and consumer personal care (Schick, Banana Boat) had different growth trajectories, retail buyers, and capital needs, executing a tax-free spinoff to create Edgewell Personal Care.

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