Coty develops, produces and distributes fragrances, cosmetics, skin and nail care as well as professional hair care products.

Coty Inc.

Amsterdam (HQ) · New York City · Paris · GenevaNew on Amplifa

1904Founded in Paris

approx. 20,000Employees (as of mid-2018)

46Countries with presence

5.3 billion USDRevenue fiscal year 2022

About Coty

Coty Inc. is a listed beauty group that traces back to the perfume house founded by François Coty in Paris in 1904. The company, with around 20,000 employees worldwide (as of mid-2018), develops, manufactures, markets and distributes fragrances, color and make-up cosmetics, skin care, nail care as well as professional hair care products and has a portfolio of around 40 brands, including Hugo Boss, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Rimmel, Max Factor and Sally Hansen. Its business is organized into three divisions: Consumer Beauty, Luxury and Professional Beauty. The global corporate headquarters is located in Amsterdam; the legal domicile is Delaware, USA. The company is present in 46 countries and generated revenue of 5.3 billion USD in fiscal year 2022. A production site in Rothenkirchen (Germany) manufactures hair cosmetics products.

Site: Amsterdam
Processes: Development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of fragrances, cosmetics, skin care, nail, Distribution via three divisions: Consumer Beauty, Luxury, Professional Beauty
Founded: 1904
Employees: approx. 20,000 (as
Industries: Beauty/fragrance and cosmetics

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Product development
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Manufacturing
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Marketing
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Distribution via Consumer Beauty, Luxury and Professional Beauty

Locations

Amsterdam

Global headquarters (Management HQ)

New York City

Divisional headquarters Consumer Beauty / US headquarters

Paris

Divisional headquarters Luxury

Geneva

Divisional headquarters Professional Beauty

Products and Brands

**Fragrance, cosmetics and hair care products**Packaging/finishing · Beauty/cosmetics

Inside the production

Industries

Beauty/fragrance and cosmetics

Additional services

Development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of fragrances, cosmetics, skin care, nailDistribution via three divisions: Consumer Beauty, Luxury, Professional Beauty

Reference customers

Distribution partnership with Puig (Nina Ricci, Carolina Herrera, Prada, Paco Rabanne) in the USALicense/brand partners: Hugo Boss, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Chloé, Davidoff among others

History

1904
Founded as a perfume house in Paris by François Coty (Joseph Marie François Spoturno); first fragrance brand La Rose Jacqueminot
1908
First store on Place Vendôme, Paris
1922
Foundation of Coty, Inc. in New York; IPO in 1925
1963
Acquired by Pfizer
1992
Sale to Joh. A. Benckiser (later JAB Holding)
1996
Acquisition of Rimmel and carve-out of Coty Inc.
2005
Acquisition of Unilever's fragrance business (UCI); world's largest mass-market fragrance manufacturer
2016
Acquisition of 41 beauty brands from Procter & Gamble for 12.5 billion USD (including Clairol, Wella, Max Factor, Hugo Boss fragrance rights)
2019
Acquisition of 51% of Kylie Cosmetics
2020
Sale of 60% of Wella/Professional Beauty to KKR; Sue Youcef Nabi becomes CEO
2020
COVID-19: Rothenkirchen (DE) produced disinfectant as a donation for the region