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The L’Oréal Group is the world’s largest cosmetics and beauty company. With its registered office in Paris and head office in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, it has developed activities in the field of cosmetics. Concentrating on hair colour, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfumes and hair care, the company is active in the dermatological and pharmaceutical fields and is the top nanotechnology patent-holder in the United States.

• Type: Société Anonyme (Euronext: OR)
• Industry: Cosmetics
• Founded: 1909
• Founder(s): Eugène Schueller
• Headquarters: Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Area served: Worldwide
• Key people: Jean-Paul Agon (CEO), Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones (Chairman), Liliane Bettencourt (Non-executive director and major shareholder)
• Revenue: ▲€17.47 billion (2009)
• Operating income: ▲€2.578 billion (2009)
• Profit: ▲€1.792 billion (2009)
• Employees: 67,660 (2008)
• Subsidiaries: The Body Shop
• Website: www.loreal.com

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