L'Oreal

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About this star

  • Category: Special
  • Unveiled: 22 Oct 2009
  • Address:
    6807 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 6 tiles from the curb, facing north
  • Notes: Friend of the Walk of Fame Special Star

Biography

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The L’Oréal Group is the world’s largest cosmetics and beauty company. With its registered office in Paris and head office in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, it has developed activities in the field of cosmetics. Concentrating on hair colour, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfumes and hair care, the company is active in the dermatological and pharmaceutical fields and is the top nanotechnology patent-holder in the United States.

Fact file

  • Type: Société Anonyme (Euronext: OR)
  • Industry: Cosmetics
  • Founded: 1909
  • Founder(s): Eugène Schueller
  • Headquarters: Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Area served: Worldwide
  • Key people: Jean-Paul Agon (CEO), Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones (Chairman), Liliane Bettencourt (Non-executive director and major shareholder)
  • Revenue: ▲€17.47 billion (2009)
  • Operating income: ▲€2.578 billion (2009)
  • Profit: ▲€1.792 billion (2009)
  • Employees: 67,660 (2008)
  • Subsidiaries: The Body Shop
  • Website: www.loreal.com

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