Editor's note: This is part four of a 13-part series about companies whose shares have amassed 100,000% returns for investors and the path taken to generate such impressive gains over the long term.

CLEVELAND — While Sherwin-Williams looks to complete its much-anticipated Global Headquarters building in downtown Cleveland, they are also planning to reduce staffing at the corporate level.

A voluntary buyout program for some of its corporate staff won’t keep Sherwin-Williams from bringing the promised number of employees to downtown Cleveland and to its new R&D center in Brecksville, ...