02.26.13
Wojtek Inglot, the 57-year-old Polish beauty entrepreneur and founder of Inglot Cosmetics, died suddenly of an internal hemorrhage on Saturday in his hometown of Przemysl, a spokeswoman from his company confirmed. Inglot also served as president of the Warsaw-based beauty company, which had a global network of nearly 400 freestanding stores in 50 countries.
Inglot was born on June 11, 1955 and graduated from Jagiellonian University’s chemistry department. He began his first chemical manufacturing operation in 1983 and specialized in makeup as Poland started transitioning into a market economy.
Privately owned Inglot Cosmetics opened its first international outlet in 2006, in Montreal. A few weeks later, someone from Australia reached out to Inglot after seeing the Canadian location, and a contract was quickly signed for that country. Inglot’s first US location was opened in 2009, in New York’s Times Square. He opened a second door in the city, in Chelsea Market, in February 2011. Later that year Inglot entered Macy’s Impulse Beauty department.
Inglot was born on June 11, 1955 and graduated from Jagiellonian University’s chemistry department. He began his first chemical manufacturing operation in 1983 and specialized in makeup as Poland started transitioning into a market economy.
Privately owned Inglot Cosmetics opened its first international outlet in 2006, in Montreal. A few weeks later, someone from Australia reached out to Inglot after seeing the Canadian location, and a contract was quickly signed for that country. Inglot’s first US location was opened in 2009, in New York’s Times Square. He opened a second door in the city, in Chelsea Market, in February 2011. Later that year Inglot entered Macy’s Impulse Beauty department.