Who is the Founder of Merck & Co., Inc? Merck’s origin traces back to 1668, with over 13 generations of the family contributing to it through the years. It was first founded by Friedrich Jacob ...

Merck's history dates all the way back to 1668, whenFriedrich Jacob Merck bought an apothecary in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1827, Heinrich Merck transformed the company into a drugmaker.

Merck had disdained big mergers for decades, but the deal nearly doubled Merck's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, from $9.9 billion to $17.8 billion.