Unique Business Views
As he was approaching the age of 40, King Camp Gillette wasn’t a happy man. Years of working hard but seeing no real rewards for his efforts had disillusioned him, and he had a very negative view of capitalist society on the whole. While his parents had become very successful in their work, he was struggling day after day. Described as a Utopian Socialist, King wrote and published a book called The Human Drift in which he argued against capitalism and suggested a fairer balance of wealth and more cooperation between people. By this point, Gillette had also met and married his wife, Lantie, and had his only child, King Gaines Gillette.