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Encyclopedia > Revlon
Revlon Incorporated
Image:Revlon logo.gif
Type Public (NYSE: REV)
Founded 1932
Headquarters Flag of United StatesNew York City, New York
Key people David L. Kennedy, President and CEO
Industry Cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, personal care
Revenue $84 million USD (2005)
Employees 6,800
Website US Site

Revlon (NYSE: REV) is an American cosmetics company. Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the REVLON name. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securites (i. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange publicly held and listed under the symbol NYX on its own exchange. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange publicly held and listed under the symbol NYX on its own exchange. ... For other uses, see Cosmetic. ... The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the Stock Market Crash on October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Charles Haskell Revson, (born October 11, 1906 in Montreal, Quebec, died in 1975), was a pioneering cosmetics industry executive who created and managed Revlon Cosmetics through five decades. ...


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. Anatomy In anatomy, a nail is a horn-like piece at the end of a humans or an animals finger or toe. ... Manufacturing , a branch of industry, is the application of tools and a processing medium to the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale. ... For animal and plant pigments, see Pigment, biology. ... Look up dye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


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

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Ownership

Ronald Owen Perelman (born January 1, 1943) is a wealthy Jewish American investor and businessman who made his fortune buying beleagured corporations and selling them later for an enormous profit. ... Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. ...

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Revlon are: Adrienn Boyiensteins, Paul Bohan, Donna Drayerskeens, Merele Feldstrhoms, Howard Gillyhans, Martin Landau, CEO Lillian Orienbeck, David L.Perlmahnn. In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ...


References

"In The Glow of Revlon". New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. ISBN 0-671-63802-5.


External links

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

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Revlon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (179 words)
Revlon NYSE: REV 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.
Current members of the board of directors of Revlon are: Alan Bernikow, Paul Bohan, Don Drapkin, Meyer Feldberg, Howard Gittis, Edward Landau, Ronald Perelman, Linda Robinson, Jack Stahl (CEO), and Ken Wolfe.
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