The richest woman in the world, the successor of the world famous cosmetic Empire L’oreal Liliane Betancur died September 21, aged 94 years, at his home in the suburbs of Paris, reports the New York Post.
The details and causes of death Lillian neither the family nor the company announced.
Betancur was the only child of the founder of L’oreal SA, Eugen Schüller, after which she inherited the Empire and became the main shareholder of the company, it owned 33% of the shares.
The company, founded in 1909, the father of Lillian, has grown from a modest manufacturer of hair dyes, the largest global cosmetic companies. Today, L’oreal Group owns about 30 popular brands of cosmetics, among which are Lancome, Garnier, Maybelline New York ,Vichy. Cosmetics L’oreal is sold в140 countries.
According to Forbes in 2017, Betancur took 14th place in the ranking of richest people in the world with a fortune of 39.5 billion dollars. In addition, Lillian Betancur was considered the richest woman in the world.
«Friendship, zest for life, knowledge, health. I would say that this is the most valuable things, » said Betancur in an exclusive interview with French literary magazine L Egoiste in 1988. «The most important thing in life cannot be measured».
