The WD-40 Company, originally the Rocket Chemical Company, is an American manufacturer of household and multi-use products, including its signature brand, WD-40, as well as 3-In-One Oil, Lava, Spot Shot, X-14, Carpet Fresh, GT85, 1001, Solvol, 2000 Flushes and No Vac.

[3] Reginald S. Fleet is also claimed to be a founding member by his alma mater, Georgia Institute of Technology.

[3] Sam Crivello, who owned a tuna seiner, a major industry in San Diego at that time, was an early investor[3] and became a director in 1958.

[4] Norman B. Larsen was president of Rocket in 1957 and 1958, and he had the idea of packaging WD-40 in aerosol cans and selling it into the consumer market.

[6][7] The company went public in 1973 on the then-newly established National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock exchange.