{"id":583112,"date":"2026-08-04T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583112\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:22:10","slug":"procter-gamble-to-buy-thorne-for-3-8-billion-ceo-tells-cnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583112\/","title":{"rendered":"Procter &#038; Gamble to buy Thorne for $3.8 billion, CEO tells CNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/108344588-1785857303892-1785857169-47574789203-hd.jpg\" alt=\"Procter &amp; Gamble will acquire supplements brand Thorne, CEO says\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/PG\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Procter &amp; Gamble<\/a> is buying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/02\/thorne-reaches-500m-in-revenue-after-l-catterton-take-private.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">supplement brand Thorne<\/a> for $3.8 billion, CEO Shailesh Jejurikar said on CNBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/squawk-on-the-street\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Squawk on the Street.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition, which is set to be announced Tuesday, is a bid for P&amp;G to grow its health and wellness division. The consumer goods giant already owns several other supplements brands, like Metamucil, Align Probiotic and New Chapter vitamins, which are housed within a broader healthcare division that includes Oral-B and Vicks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are really happy with the asset itself,&#8221; Jejurikar told CNBC&#8217;s Sara Eisen. &#8220;It&#8217;s a really well-run operation, and it&#8217;s been around for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thorne was founded in 1984 and went public in late 2021 at a valuation of $525 million. L Catterton then took the company private in 2023 in a deal valued at $680 million. Its annual revenue surpassed $500 million in 2025, according to Thorne.<\/p>\n<p>Thorne&#8217;s Magnesium Glycinate and Ginseng Plus supplements.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Thorne<\/p>\n<p>Thorne CEO Colin Watts told CNBC earlier this year that it had the potential to become a billion dollar brand within the next few years. <\/p>\n<p>The majority of Thorne&#8217;s revenue comes from shoppers under the age of 40. The supplement brand has also seen a surge in direct-to-consumer sales.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, vitamins and supplements have grown in popularity as consumers look to them to improve every aspect of their health, for everything from sleep to energy levels. The &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; movement, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has also leaned into supplements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/16\/us\/politics\/robert-kennedy-diet-eating-habits-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kennedy himself has said<\/a> he takes so many vitamins that he can&#8217;t remember them all.<\/p>\n<p>P&amp;G is the latest consumer giant to buy a buzzy upstart in a bid to profit from the trend. Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilever.com\/news\/press-and-media\/press-releases\/2026\/unilever-to-acquire-us-greens-supplement-company-gruns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unilever bought Gr\u00fcns<\/a>, a gummy supplement brand.  <\/p>\n<p>Thorne will be a small piece of P&amp;G&#8217;s broader portfolio, but the deal demonstrates the company&#8217;s broader aim of owning relevant, premium brands that appeal to younger consumers. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/29\/procter-gamble-pg-q4-2026-earnings.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">P&amp;G&#8217;s latest quarter<\/a>, its volume was flat, leading to worse-than-expected revenue. Its healthcare segment was the worst performer, based on volume.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of P&amp;G were trading up less than 1% in morning trading on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/108286245-1775074368958-assets_07fe028aa80044d989d010abedbc6280_b23c6419edfe47e18889e939d87dd2d2.jpg\" alt=\"How Thorne became one of Gen Z's favorite wellness brands\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Gabrielle Fonrouge contributed to this report<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Procter &amp; Gamble is buying supplement brand Thorne for $3.8 billion, CEO Shailesh Jejurikar said on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Squawk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[14408,122,239490,244426,103,2690,61,60,1951,446,71609,58290],"class_list":["post-583112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-breaking-news-business","tag-business-news","tag-consumer-staples-select-sector-spdr-fund","tag-exclusive-badge","tag-health","tag-health-care-industry","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","tag-nutrition","tag-procter-gamble-co","tag-unilever-plc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}