DuPont

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This article is about E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. For other uses, see Dupont (disambiguation).

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: DD DJIA Component S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1802; 215 years ago
Founder	Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Headquarters	Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Area served	90 countries[1]
Key people	Edward D. Breen (Chair & CEO)
Products	Products list[show]
Revenue	US$25.268 billion (2015)[2]
Operating income	US$2.350 billion (2015)[2]
Net income	US$1.953 billion (2015)[2]
Total assets	US$41.166 billion (2015)[2]
Total equity	US$9.993 billion (2015)[2]
Number of employees	52,000 (2015)[2]
Subsidiaries	Subsidiaries list[show]
Website	www.dupont.com

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American conglomerate that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont.
In the 20th century, DuPont developed many polymers such as Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kapton, Kevlar, Zemdrain, M5 fiber, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona, Corfam, and Lycra. DuPont developed Freon (chlorofluorocarbons) for the refrigerant industry, and later more environmentally friendly refrigerants. It also developed synthetic pigments and paints including ChromaFlair.
In 2014, DuPont was the world's fourth largest chemical company based on market capitalization^[3] and eighth based on revenue.^[4] Its stock price is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.