Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, KBE, (born 17 March 1946), born in Wallasey, Cheshire (now Merseyside) to a Welsh family, was the Chairman and CEO of the cosmetics and beauty company L'Oréal from 1988 to 2011.
In May 2019, he was ranked as the 292nd richest person in UK by The Sunday Times Rich List with a net worth of £467 million.
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MoreSir Lindsay Owen-Jones, KBE, (born 17 March 1946), born in Wallasey, Cheshire (now Merseyside) to a Welsh family, was the Chairman and CEO of the cosmetics and beauty company L'Oréal from 1988 to 2011.
In May 2019, he was ranked as the 292nd richest person in UK by The Sunday Times Rich List with a net worth of £467 million.
Owen-Jones went to Uppingham school in Rutland, before going on to study Modern Languages at Worcester College, Oxford, Oxford and management at INSEAD.
He got his first job as a sales representative at L'Oréal in 1969, selling Dop shampoo in Normandy. In 1988, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L'Oréal, at age 42. Under his tenure, L'Oreál has widened its market; turning it from an almost entirely Europe-based organization to sell its products in countries around the world. Lindsay Owen-Jones resigned as Executive Chairman in 2011, but stays on as "Honorary President".
Owen-Jones is also a member of the Board of Directors at Ferrari SpA, BNP Paribas and Sanofi, and also a member of the supervisory board of Air Liquide. A successful "gentleman" racing driver in sports and GT cars for many years, he is currently President of the FIA's Endurance Commission.
Subject ID: 54144
Subject ID: 54144