E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont , is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont .
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ( often DuPont ) is an American chemical company . Eleuthère Irénée du Pont founded it in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill .