The Glidden Company was a paint company started in 1875 by Francis Harrington Glidden

Francis Harrington Glidden

Francis Harrington Glidden was an American businessman best known for founding the company now known as the Glidden Company, now a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel NV....

, Levi Brackett and Thomas Bolles. The company started in 1875 as the Glidden-Brackett Company; and was renamed later to the Glidden & Joy Company, and in 1890 incorporated as The Glidden Varnish Company. It is the third largest maker of paint in the United States.