Rank #1097
Reinold Geiger
Net worth $3.9B
Beauty products · Austria
- Born
- Jul 10, 1947
- Age
- 78
- Source
- Beauty products
- Residence
- Geneva
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, INSEAD
Net worth over time
Biography
- Reinold Geiger heads up French cosmetics retailer L'Occitane, which brings beauty products inspired by the Provence region to consumers worldwide.
- Since Geiger first invested in the company in 1994, he has overseen L'Occitane's global expansion to over 3,400 outlets in 90 countries.
- L'Occitane was the first French company to trade on the Hong Kong stock exchange when its shares debuted in 2010. Geiger, along with Blackstone, delisted the business in 2024.
- Geiger stepped down from his role as CEO in September 2021, after leading the beauty company for more than 25 years. He remains chairman and executive director.
- He owns a ski chalet in the Alps, a beach house on the Ile de Re in the Atlantic and a home in Trancoso, Brazil.
- He created the L'Occitane Foundation in 2006 with the goal of funding quality optometry services for 10 million people by 2020.