Founder Profile
Washington H. Lawrence
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Washington H. Lawrence?
Washington H. Lawrence is a founder of Energizer Holdings, Inc., which was founded in 1886.
- Company founded
- Energizer Holdings, Inc.
- Founded
- 1886
Background
Washington H. Lawrence was a Cleveland industrialist who organized the National Carbon Company in 1886 to make carbon products for the electrical industry, including electrodes for arc lighting.
Founding Story
Lawrence led the National Carbon Company, the corporate ancestor of Energizer's battery business. Under his leadership the company moved from carbon electrodes into dry cell batteries and sold the Columbia dry cell in 1896, one of the first batteries made for consumers. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Energizer Holdings FY2025 Form 10-K (Energizer Holdings, Inc.)
- Energizer Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Results press release (Energizer Holdings, Inc.)