---
title: "ECOLAB INC. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69
identifier: sec:0000031462
jurisdiction: US
risk: High
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ECOLAB INC.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000031462`  
**Risk level:** High  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **CASCADE INVESTMENT LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/589eafca-6d20-58d9-8c83-5ecf5316463b
- **GATES WILLIAM H III** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef
- **GATES WILLIAM H III** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef
- **HENKEL CORP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1142d380-ecc8-5d10-99c1-83ed658806f9
- **HENKEL KGAA /NEW/** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b38a59df-b708-5f22-b3c3-b3218a2db684
- **HENKEL KGAA /NEW/** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b38a59df-b708-5f22-b3c3-b3218a2db684

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **133-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ECOLAB INC.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._