L'Oréal S.A. is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris. It is the world's largest cosmetics company.
- CEO: Nicolas Hieronimus (May 1, 2021–)
- Headquarters: Clichy, France
- Founder: Eugène Schueller
- Founded: 1909, Paris, France
Stockholders
Breakdown of share ownership: 33.31% by the Bettencourt family, 23.29% by Nestlé, 21.8% by international institutional investors, 9.3% by French institutional investors, 5,7% by individual shareholders, 1.9% treasury stock and 0.7% by employees.
Breakdown of share ownership: 33.31% by the Bettencourt family, 23.29% by Nestlé, 21.8% by international institutional investors, 9.3% by French institutional investors, 5,7% by individual shareholders, 1.9% treasury stock and 0.7% by employees.
The company owns 36 brands:
L'Oréal portfolio
Consumer products
Active cosmetics
L'Oréal Paris • Color&Co • Ombrelle • Garnier • Maybelline • NYX Cosmetics • SoftSheen-Carson • Carol's Daughter • Créateurs de Beauté • Essie • Magic • Niely • Colorama • 3ce • Thayers • Youth To The People
Vichy • La Roche-Posay • Skinceuticals • Roger&Gallet • Sanoflore • Dermablend • AcneFree • Ambi • CeraVe • Logocos since 2018
L'Oreal Luxe
Lancôme • Yves Saint Laurent Beauté • Giorgio Armani Beauty • Kiehl's • Biotherm • Cacharel • Diesel • Viktor & Rolf • Ralph Lauren Fragrances • Shu Uemura • Clarisonic • Guy Laroche • Paloma Picasso • Urban Decay • Yue Sai • Helena Rubinstein • IT Cosmetics • House 99 • Atelier Cologne • Proenza Schouler
Professional products
- L'Oréal Technique
- L'Oréal Professionnel, including ARTec and Innate
- Kérastase (created by L'Oreal in 1964)
- Kéraskin Esthetics, created by L'Oreal in 2007 and specialising in skin care professionals
- Matrix Essentials, founded by Arnie Miller in 1980 and acquired by L'Oreal in 2000
- Mizani, founded in 1991 and bought by L'Oreal in 2001
- PureOlogy Research, founded in 2001 and acquired by L'Oreal in 2007
- Redken 5th Avenue NYC, founded by Paula Kent and Jheri Redding in 1960 and acquired by L'Oreal in 1993
- Shu Uemura Art of Hair
- Carol's Daughter
- Carita
- Essie, founded in 1981 and acquired by L'Oreal in 2010
- Decléor
- Botanicals Fresh Care
- Cheryl's Cosmeceuticals
