Founder Profile
Mark C. Honeywell
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Mark C. Honeywell?
Mark C. Honeywell is a founder of Honeywell Technologies, which was founded in 1906 with Albert Butz.
- Company founded
- Honeywell Technologies
- Founded
- 1906
- Co-founders
- Albert Butz
Background
Mark C. Honeywell worked in heating technology as a contractor before he started his own company, and later ran the business through its 1927 merger.
Founding Story
Mark C. Honeywell was an American industrialist who gave the company its name. He was a heating contractor, and in 1906 he founded the Honeywell Heating Specialty Company to make hot water heat generators. In 1927 he merged it with the Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company, the successor to Albert Butz's original firm. He led the combined Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company, which grew through acquisitions into aerospace, building technologies and industrial automation.
Mark C. Honeywell was born in 1874 in Florida. Education: Eastman Business College.