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Inventor of Scotch Tape: Richard Gurley Drew and the Serendipity of Innovation

Inventor of Scotch Tape: Richard Gurley Drew and the Serendipity of Innovation

by Julie Austin | Nov 1, 2017 | Innovation

Updated September 2025 From the paint bays of 1920s body shops to the kitchen junk drawer, Scotch® Tape is the tiny invention that changed how we fix, build, and improvise. This is the surprisingly human story of Richard Gurley Drew—and how a curious promise, a lot of...

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