Robert Taylor
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As well as inventing the ubiquitous ­bottled liquid soap, the American ­entrepreneur Robert Taylor conceived what became an everyday phrase — soft soap — and took a daring ­gamble that has grown into
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Original Title: TIL Robert Taylor, inventor of Softsoap (pump soap), realized that his idea had no patent protection. So he borrowed $12m & bought 100 million pumps, the entire American output for the next two years, giving him time to establish the brand without competition. In 1987, he sold it to Colgate for $61m