Revlon is an American cosmetics company. Revlon was founded in 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the REVLON name. Starting with a single product -- a new type of nail enamel -- the three founders pooled their resources and developed a unique manufacturing process. Using pigments instead of dyes, Revlon developed a variety of new shades of opaque nail enamel.

In six years the company became a multimillion dollar organization. Revlon is now an internationally known cosmetics company.

Ownership

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• Ronald Perelman: 60% (77% of votes)
• FMR Corp.: 20%

Corporate governance

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Current members of the board of directors of Revlon are: Alan Bernikow, Paul Bohan, Don Drapkin, Meyer Feldberg, Howard Gittis, Edward Landau, Ron Perelman, Linda Robinson, Jack Stahl (CEO), and Ken Wolfe.

References

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• Stewart, James B. Den of Thieves. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-671-63802-5.

External links

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• Official website
• Yahoo! - Revlon, Inc. Company Profile
• About Revlon Inc. in French / Au sujet de la Cie Revlon

1932 establishments | Cosmetics companies of the United States | Companies based in New York City

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