Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Inc. is an American privately owned direct sales company that sells cosmetics products. According to Direct Selling News, Mary Kay was the sixth largest direct selling company in the world in 2015, with a wholesale volume of US$3. 7 billion. Mary Kay is based in Addison, Texas, outside Dallas. The company was founded by Mary Kay Ash in 1963. Richard Rogers, Mary Kay's son, is the chairman, and David Holl is president and was named CEO in 2006
Manufacturing plants The primary manufacturing plant is in Dallas, Texas. A second plant was opened in Hangzhou, China, to manufacture and package products for that market. A third plant was opened in 1997, in (La Chaux-de-Fonds) Switzerland, for the European market. The Swiss plant closed in 2003.
As a private company, Mary Kay releases few details about the average income of its sellers. In 2005, Mary Kay reported that its wholesale worldwide sales exceeded US$2. 2 billion. In 2010, worldwide wholesale figures was reported at US$2. 5 billion. In 2015, worldwide wholesale figures was reported at US$3. 7 billion. None of these figures take into account product returns.
In September 2000 Mary Kay Company opened its official representative office in Kazakhstan. To date, Mary Kay (Kazakhstan) has more than 100, 000 Independent Beauty Consultants in all regions of Kazakhstan.
This charitable foundation was founded in 1996 for two purposes: • Fighting cancer in women by supporting leading medical scientists seeking drugs for breast, uterus, cervix and ovarian cancer; • Combating domestic violence against women by granting grants to shelters for affected women and supporting community programs
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