Addison, TX
972.687.6300
Sales: $3.5 billion
Key Personnel: Richard R. Rogers, executive chairman; David Holl, president and chief executive officer; Sheryl Adkins-Green, chief marketing officer; Thomas S. Cho, chief supply chain officer; KK Chua, president, Asia Pacific Region; Tara Eustace, president, European region; Deborah Gibbins, chief financial officer; Melinda Foster Sellers, chief people officer; Kregg Jodie, chief information officer; Nathan Moore, chief legal officer and secretary; Darrell Overcash, president, North America region; Jose Smeke, president, Latin American region.
Major Products: Skin care, color cosmetics, body care, sun care and fine fragrances marketed under the Mary Kay and TimeWise brand names.
New Products: Mary Kay at Play color cosmetics collection.
Comments: The company celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 13, 2013. Beauty by Mary Kay was founded in a 500 square-foot store front in Dallas, TX, with five beauty products displayed on a single metal shelf and nine independent beauty consultants. Now, Mary Kay Inc. has more than 200 products that are sold in 37 countries around the world by three million independent beauty consultants.
Mary Kay Ash may be gone, but she would certainly be pleased with the company that she created. Sales jumped more than 16% last year, as the company added 350,000 new independent sales force members.
“Our 50th anniversary has been a record-setting year for our company,” said David Holl, president and chief executive officer for Mary Kay Inc. “Women of all backgrounds and ages continue to turn to Mary Kay for the products they love and trust as well as the unparalleled opportunity.”
To engage with the next generation of Mary Kay brand lovers, the company introduced Mary Kay At Play, a new line of color cosmetics that is specifically for younger consumers. Those younger, web-savvy consumers voted Mary Kay the best beauty website, at the First Beauty 2.0 Awards held in Paris in November. Mary Kay beat out more than 300 entries. The site attracted about 67 million visitors last year.
