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WWD BEAUTY INC’S FIRST ANNUAL LIST OF THE POWER
PLAYERS WHO ARE SHAPING THE BEAUTY BUSINESS
TODAY. THESE MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS, CREATIVES,
FINANCE EXPERTS AND DIGITAL GURUS DRIVE THE
INDUSTRY FORWARD WITH INNOVATION, IDEAS AND AN
UNQUENCHABLE DESIRE TO EXPAND HORIZONS.
JEAN-PAUL AGON
E. SCOTT BEATTIE
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer
The master of universalization, Agon
has led the world’s biggest beauty
company into uncharted territory
and unprecedented growth.
JOSÉ BARRA
ELIZABETH ARDEN INC.
The Elizabeth Arden ceo
transformed PCPC into a global force
while modernizing his company’s
venerable portfolio of brands.
Senior Vice President of Merchandising,
Health & Beauty
PHILIPPE BENACIN
TARGET
INTER PARFUMS SA
By continually rewriting the rules
of mass retailing, Barra keeps the
Minneapolis-based behemoth on
the cutting edge of innovation.
With an eye for cherry-picking
fashion fragrance brands that fit
perfectly into his distribution model,
Benacin has steadily built a growthoriented fragrance business despite
challenging global conditions.
AGON PHOTO BY STEPHANE DE BOUGIES; BARRA, FERRARI BY GEORGE CHINSEE; BART BY BRYAN BEDDER; BAXTER, GONZALEZ BY JOHN AQUINO; BOSWELL, CHE, CURTAIN, DEMSEY BY STEVE EICHNER
L’ORÉAL
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
IVAN BART
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
IMG MODELS
HONORINE BLANC
Uberagent of the supermodel
set, Bart’s roster includes Gisele
Bündchen, Kate Moss, Miranda Kerr,
Karlie Kloss, Joan Smalls and on
and on and on.
Master Perfumer
FIRMENICH
This young gun’s olfactive signature
already marks fragrances for wideranging brands on both sides of the
pond, including Yves Saint Laurent,
Ralph Lauren and Beyoncé.
PAMELA BAXTER
President, Chief Executive Officer
GINA BOSWELL
LVMH PERFUMES AND COSMETICS N.A.
AND CHRISTIAN DIOR INC.
Charged with getting Dior’s business
back on track a decade ago, this
style-world star created a profitable
new business model for luxury
beauty brands.
Executive Vice President, Personal Care,
North America
UNILEVER
The whip-smart marketing and
finance maestro is ushering in
a new era of growth for Unilever’s
U.S. business.
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INFLUENTIAL
PEOPLE IN
BEAUTY
EVA CHEN
CARSTEN FISCHER
Editor in Chief
Representative Director,
Corporate Senior Executive Officer
LUCKY MAGAZINE
SHISEIDO COMPANY LTD.
The beauty editor turned voice
of the digital generation, Chen’s
appointment as editor in chief
of Lucky has expanded her reach
exponentially and created
a storm of buzz.
The multilingual European-born
executive has fashioned a new global
outlook for the Japanese beauty
giant by opening new markets and
solidifying existing ones, including
the U.S., while working with star ceo
Heidi Manheimer.
SHANNON CURTIN
Group Vice President, General Merchandise
Manager, Beauty
BILL FISHER
WALGREENS
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Now charged with developing
Walgreens’ business and establishing
a beachhead for Alliance Boots
and its products, Curtin has risen
meteorically through the ranks of the
retail giant.
MANZANITA CAPITAL
The Gap family scion has
been quietly assembling an empire
of indie beauty brands.
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TOM FORD
The designer with the golden
touch, Ford ushered in the era of
superluxe, superglam beauty.
CHRISTINE DAGOUSSET
Global Deputy General Manager,
Fragrance and Beauté
CHANEL INC.
Chanel’s consistently strong sales are
the benchmark and envy of the entire
industry—and so is Dagousset’s plum
new position as heir apparent to the
leader of its global beauty business.
FABRIZIO FREDA
President, Chief Executive Officer
THE ESTÉE LAUDER COS. INC.
With an all-star team of talent
including Lynne Greene, Thia Breen
and Cedric Prouvé, Freda the
maestro sparked the renaissance
of the crown jewel of the prestige
beauty industry and brought Estée
Lauder to historic heights.
JOHN DEMSEY
Group President
THE ESTÉE LAUDER COS. INC.
The most plugged-in, culturally savvy
executive in the business, Demsey
has redefined the prestige beauty
landscape.
MURIEL GONZALEZ
Executive Vice President, General
Merchandise Manager, Cosmetics,
Fragrances and Shoes
MACY’S INC.
DARIO FERRARI
Under the aegis of ceo Terry
Lundgren, Gonzalez has overseen
the rise of Macy’s into the most
dominant force in American
department store retailing.
Founder and President
INTERCOS
No one more consistently anticipates
global trends in makeup and cuttingedge developments in skin care
than the leader of this Italy-based
supplier to the entire industry.
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MOST
INFLUENTIAL
PEOPLE IN
BEAUTY
MARC JACOBS
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MARCO HABERT
The designer’s flair for beauty has
produced a string of hit fragrances
and an entree into the world of color
cosmetics—not to mention the most
influential runway looks around.
Managing Director
DEUTSCHE BANK
When a major M&A deal is going
down in beauty, chances are
Habert’s there as one of the most
plugged-in deal-makers around.
CARLOTTA JACOBSON
President
DEB HENRETTA
Group President, Global Beauty
COSMETIC EXECUTIVE WOMEN
PROCTER & GAMBLE
She turned a sleepy industry
organization into a dominant force with
virtually every major female power
player on the board.
She’s the woman who could
be ceo—provided she can turn
around the CPG’s troubled beauty
business. The early signs are
encouraging, indeed.
KAREN KATZ
President, Chief Executive Officer
NEIMAN MARCUS
NICOLAS HIERONIMUS
Katz continues to nurture Neiman
Marcus as the bellwether of luxury
beauty retailing.
President, Selective Divisions
L’ORÉAL
Hieronimus continues to expand
his domain, most recently hitting
the trifecta when given oversight
of L’Oréal’s Luxury, Active
Cosmetics and Professional
Products sectors.
HOWARD KREITZMAN
Vice President, Cosmetics and Fragrances
BLOOMINGDALE’S
Kreitzman helped usher in a new
heyday for New York’s historic haven
of hip retailing, restoring energy,
excitement and pizazz.
JO HORGAN
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
MECCA COSMETICA
The energetic and engaging indie
queen of Australia’s beauty retail
scene has a creative approach
to selling beauty products that’s
been replicated far and wide.
TREY LAIRD
Chief Executive Officer
LAIRD + PARTNERS
This powerful image-maker crosses
over effortlessly between the worlds of
fashion and beauty with clients
like Coty, Lauder and Donna Karan.
SCOTT HUFF
Senior Vice President, Consumables
WAL-MART STORES INC.
In his role, Huff and his team
have transformed the beauty
department of the world’s
largest retailer from sleepy
into slick, with initiatives like
proprietary brands and a
revamped floor design.
CHRISTOPHER DE LAPUENTE
Chief Executive Officer
SEPHORA GLOBAL
The former P&G executive is signalling
a new direction for global retailing in
beauty. No one can rival his reach.
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MOST
INFLUENTIAL
PEOPLE IN
BEAUTY
WILLIAM P. LAUDER
MARIGAY MCKEE
Executive Chairman
President
THE ESTÉE LAUDER COS. INC.
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
Lauder laid the groundwork for
today’s explosive growth of the
Estée Lauder Cos., while continuing
to work in concert with current ceo
Fabrizio Freda to lead the company
from strength to strength.
Get ready Manhattan: The reenergizer
of Harrods has come to town to
breathe new life into Saks Fifth
Avenue. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
CHRIS MCMILLAN
McMillan is Hollywood hairstyling
royalty. He first came to fame with
the “Rachel,” and maintains his
staying power with bold moves like
Miley Cyrus’ directional chop.
DAVE LEWIS
President, Personal Care
UNILEVER
Under his tenure, Unilever has
moved up a spot to the numbertwo global position in beauty care
sales, making the giant a force
to be reckoned with in the upper
echelons of beauty.
CHRISTINE MIELKE
Founder, Editor in Chief
TEMPTALIA
It may not be the glossiest beauty
blog, but Mielke’s product reviews
and news are followed avidly by
industry insiders and consumers alike.
GEMMA LIONELLO
Executive Vice President, General
Merchandise Manager, Cosmetics
NORDSTROM
In position for less than a year,
she’s already rolling out one of the
boldest initiatives in Nordstrom
beauty history.
NICOLAS MIRZAYANTZ
Group President, Fragrances
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES
Marrying the mind of a business elite
with the soul of a Renaissance artist,
Mirzayantz inspires his perfumers to
achieve new creative heights—and
commercial successes.
CLAUDIA LUCAS
Director of Beauty Merchandising
QVC
The veteran retailer is keeping
viewers—and the industry—
tuned in to QVC as she turns the
electronic retailer into one of
the most sought-after channels
in beauty.
GUIDO PALAU
Hair Stylist, Creative Consultant
REDKEN
Fashion’s most directional hair stylist,
Palau’s eye for texture and shape has
made him sought after by the world’s
most elite editors and designers.
PAT MCGRATH
Makeup Artist, Creative Design Director
PROCTER & GAMBLE
The world’s most directional
and sought-after makeup artist,
McGrath single-handedly creates
trends on both sides of the
Atlantic with an aesthetic that
effortlessly crosses over from
couture to consumer.
CLAUDIA POCCIA
President, Chief Executive Officer
GURWITCH PRODUCTS
The vivacious and perennially
plugged-in beauty exec is breathing
new life into landmark brands.
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MOST
INFLUENTIAL
PEOPLE IN
BEAUTY
MARC PUIG
GIOVANNI TESTINO
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Founder
PUIG
ART PARTNER
This master of the European
designer aesthetic conducts
both the fashion and fragrance
businesses of the Barcelona-based
family-owned firm that celebrates
its 100th birthday this year.
If you’re hoping to score a bigname photographer, all roads
lead to Testino, whose agency
represents the most sought-after
image-makers in the business.
CHANCE WALES
FRÉDÉRIC ROZÉ
President, Chief Executive Officer
Director of Beauty,
Health and Personal Care
L’ORÉAL AMERICAS
AMAZON
His efforts to revitalize the U.S.
business with executives including
Karen Fondu, David Greenberg and
Carol Hamilton have been rewarded
with dominion over the Americas.
The man behind Amazon’s
push into prestige beauty has a
determination to succeed that
may transform the industry.
BROOKE WALL
SHELLEY ROZENWALD
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Chief Beauty Adventurer,
Senior Vice President of Cosmetics
THE WALL GROUP
The queen of the red carpet scene
has an all-star hair and makeup
roster that reads like a who’s who
of Hollywood’s hottest artists.
HUDSON’S BAY AND LORD & TAYLOR
This veteran beauty retailer is
remaking Canada’s venerable
department store chain.
LINDA WELLS
MICHELE SCANNAVINI
Editor in Chief
Chief Executive Officer
ALLURE
COTY INC.
Twenty years—and counting—of
overseeing the industry’s sole
consumer beauty magazine have
given Wells a powerful voice.
After overseeing the I.P.O.,
Scannavini is focused on
transforming Coty into a fully
faceted global powerhouse.
WENDE ZOMNIR
PHILIP SHEARER
Chief Creative Officer, Cocreator
Chief Executive Officer
URBAN DECAY
GROUPE CLARINS
When it comes to knowing what
consumers want, Zomnir unveils
the Naked truth with her muchcopied product innovations.
This racing-car enthusiast is
intent on driving Clarins to the
number-one position in global
prestige skin care.
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Thanking WWD for over 40 years
of dedication and support.
global cosmetic manufacturer