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Dame Anita Lucia Roddick DBE (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, now The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism.
Dame Natalie Sara Massenet, DBE [4] [5] (née Rooney; born 13 May 1965) is a British-American fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. From 2013 to 2017, she was the chairman of the British Fashion Council .
During his freelance career, Constantine sent samples of his work, such as shampoo, to Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop from whom he took some orders. However, due to intellectual property rights which Roddick believed she owned, Constantine sold the company to her in 1991 for a sum of £17 million. [3]
The Body Shop carries a wide range of products for the body, face, hair, and home. The company claims its products are "inspired by nature" and feature ingredients such as marula oil and sesame seed oil, sourced through the Community Trade program. Products include: Body butters (including Moringa, satsuma, strawberry, olive, shea, mango, and ...
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1]
Since the incorporation of J. Barbour & Sons as a limited company in 1912, the company has always been led by a member of the Barbour family. The company is currently led by the family's fourth generation, Dame Margaret Barbour, [1] who took over in 1973 after the death of her mother-in-law, Nancy Barbour. The family's fifth generation is ...
Founder of Ultimo Michelle Georgina Mone, Baroness Mone , OBE ( née Allan ; born 8 October 1971) is a Scottish businesswoman and life peer . She has set up several businesses, including MJM International Ltd in 1996 and the lingerie company Ultimo along with her then husband Michael Mone.
Dame Emma Natasha Walmsley DBE (born June 1969) is the chief executive officer (CEO) of GSK plc. [1] She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty , who retired in March 2017. [ 2 ] Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of Diageo until September 2016. [ 3 ]