Jean-Paul Agon was born on July 6, 1956, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. After completing his studies at the HEC International Business School in 1978 he joined L’Oréal and never left. Jean-Paul started his career as a product manager for the Consumer Product division in France. He was appointed General Manager of L’Oréal Greece in 1981 and is credited with laying a solid business foundation of the company there.
Jean-Paul returned to France in 1985 as General Manger of L’Oréal Paris. In this capacity he supervised a number of important launches and successes such as Studio Line, Plénitude and Elsève. He was appointed International Director for Biotherm in 1989. Jean-Paul remodeled the brand and gave it international appeal. He became Managing Director of L’Oréal Germany in 1994 and played a central role in dealing with problems related to the slowdown in the growth of the European markets at that time.
After a number of more key assignments Jean-Paul was rewarded with the post of CEO of L’Oréal in 2006. The chairmanship position was added in February 2011.
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