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| homepage = {{URL|mckesson.com|McKesson.com}}
| homepage = {{URL|mckesson.com|McKesson.com}}
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|[[Rexall (Canada)|Rexall]]|[[Health Mart]]|[[Uniprix]]}}
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|[[Rexall (Canada)|Rexall]]|[[Health Mart]]|[[Uniprix]]}}
| foundation = [[New York City]], U.S.<br />{{start date and age|1833}}
| foundation = New York City, U.S.<br />{{start date and age|1833}}
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|03|31|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765324000035/mck-20240331.htm |title=FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |pages=9, 60, 62}}</ref>
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|03|31|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765324000035/mck-20240331.htm |title=FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |pages=9, 60, 62}}</ref>
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==History==
==History==
===19th century===
===19th century===
McKesson was founded in 1828 in [[New York City]] as '''Charles M. Olcott''' by [[Charles M. Olcott]]. It was later renamed '''Olcott, McKesson & Co.''' and '''John McKesson''' in 1833,<ref>McKesson & Robbins, ''First Aid In Emergencies'', 1930, p. 63.</ref> the business began as an [[international trade|import]]er and [[Wholesaling|wholesale]]r of botanical drugs. A third partner, Daniel Robbins, who joined the enterprise as it grew, and who previously "was an assistant to the original partners",<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[East Bay Times]]
McKesson was founded in 1828 in New York City as '''Charles M. Olcott''' by [[Charles M. Olcott]]. It was later renamed '''Olcott, McKesson & Co.''' and '''John McKesson''' in 1833,<ref>McKesson & Robbins, ''First Aid In Emergencies'', 1930, p. 63.</ref> the business began as an [[international trade|import]]er and [[Wholesaling|wholesale]]r of botanical drugs. A third partner, Daniel Robbins, who joined the enterprise as it grew, and who previously "was an assistant to the original partners",<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[East Bay Times]]
   |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/01/22/san-franciscos-mckesson-the-largest-company-no-one-has-heard-of
   |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/01/22/san-franciscos-mckesson-the-largest-company-no-one-has-heard-of
   |title=San Francisco's McKesson: 'The largest company no one has heard of'
   |title=San Francisco's McKesson: 'The largest company no one has heard of'