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Beauty Gets Ugly; Jean-Paul Agon: He has a lot of experience in tough times, and he'll need it now.(L'Oreal S.A.)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
Byline: Rana Foroohar
In April Jean-Paul Agon takes over as CEO of L'Oreal with a hard act to follow. Briton Lindsay Owen-Jones has presided over 21 straight years of double-digit profit growth at the 14 billion euro company, which owns famous lines like Lancome and Maybelline. Can Agon match that record?
A lifer at L'Oreal, Agon took charge of the Asian division right before the financial crisis in 1998, yet built it into one of L'Oreal's fastest-growing divisions (sales in China last year were up 58 percent). He became president of L'Oreal USA in October 2001, and steered the division through the recession. He also nabbed 6 percent of the shampoo market with the relaunch of a formerly unknown brand, Fructis.
Still, the beauty business is getting ugly. Sales growth at L'Oreal is ...
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...the Paris-Based L'Oreal Group, the world...appointment of Jean-Paul Agon as President and CEO of L'Oreal USA, the Group's...and direction, L'Oreal USA has achieved a...Jones. "Jean-Paul Agon's highly successful...
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PARIS -- Jean-Paul Agon has been named to succeed...executive officer of L'Oreal. Agon, 48, who has...was announced as L'Oreal reported a 10% gain...its success. Jean-Paul Agon is the ideal candidate...confidence." Agon joined L'Oreal in 1978. After having...
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- Magazine article from: WWD February 18, 2005 700+ words
...Jones said that Jean-Paul Agon will succeed him next...executive officer of L'Oreal, the world's largest...Owen-Jones told L'Oreal's board of directors...president and ceo of L'Oreal USA, take over as ceo...its success. Jean-Paul Agon is the ideal candidate...
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- Magazine article from: WWD Born, Pete October 5, 2001 700+ words
...year-old successor, Jean-Paul Agon, the new president and chief executive officer of L'Oreal USA. "This is Jean-Paul...15 years at the helm of L'Oreal's U.S. operations, the...that when he started out, L'Oreal did $21 million in professional...
- Jean-Paul Agon To Succeed Guy Peyrelongue at L'Oreal.
- Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry October 1, 2001 700+ words
* Jean-Paul Agon succeeded Guy Peyrelongue...chief executive officer of L'Oreal USA. The move was effective...Agon, 44, joined the L'Oreal Paris Group in 1978. In 1997...as president and CEO of L'Oreal USA for 15 years. During...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 27, 2006 700+ words
(From Le Figaro) Jean-Paul Agon has been appointed as the managing director of French cosmetics group L'Oreal, replacing Lindsay Owen-Jones, who...involved in the day-to-day running of L'Oreal, and instead will focus on chairing the...
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- Magazine article from: Advertising Age October 25, 2004 700+ words
Jean-Paul Agon was only 24 when L'Oreal offered him the job of general manager...fact that he became president of L'Oreal USA 20 years later, taking on a roughly...ramping up its drive to overtake L'Oreal as global beauty leader. But Mr...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 25, 2006 700+ words
(From Le Figaro) Jean-Paul Agon will today succeed Lindsay Owen...as managing director of L'Oreal, the French cosmetics group...has successively headed L'Oreal Paris and the group's operations...growth in profits which L'Oreal has posted for the past 21 years...
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- News wire article from: DSN Retail Fax May 1, 2006 700+ words
PARIS -- L'Oreal's Jean-Paul Agon officially stepped in as the French beauty company...successor. Agon has served as president of L'Oreal USA since October 2001. In July 2005, L'Oreal appointed Laurent Attal to succeed Agon as president...
Source: HighBeam Research, Beauty Gets Ugly; Jean-Paul Agon: He has a lot of experience in tough...