CHARLOTTE Tilbury has topped a list of British entrepreneurs making MILLIONS from their beauty products.
The iconic make-up artist, 52, who has worked with the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman, created her brand in 2013, and it is now worth more than £1billion.
Charlotte Tilbury is top of the new Sunday Times Beauty Rich List, which estimates the wealth of leading figures in the British beauty industry. Pictured with friend and client Kate Moss[/caption]
One of Charlotte’s iconic Pillow Talk lipsticks sells every four seconds[/caption]
Paige Williams – founder of P Louise – was sixth on the list with an estimated worth of £100m[/caption]
Charlotte herself is said to be worth a staggering £350million, putting her top of the Sunday Times inaugural Beauty Rich List.
The beauty whizz founded her company over a decade ago after being left frustrated by the quality of products available on the market.
Her sought-after Pillow Talk lipsticks – which are bought every four seconds – and award-winning Magic Cream have seen her brand become a global powerhouse – employing more than 2,800 people.
The Beauty Rich List includes 19 women and 14 men, with ages spanning from 27-year-old Darcy Laceby, co-founder of Absolute Collagen, to 84-year-old Mike Harris of The Belgravia Clinic.
Second on the list is Mark and Mo Constantine, co-founders of Lush, which has been famous for bringing the bath bomb to the world.
The married entrepreneurs are estimated to be worth £249million thanks to their UK-based brand.
Council house millionaire
One of the most impressive people on the list is Paige Louise Williams – known as P Louise – is sixth on the list and worth an estimated £100million thanks to her teen-friendly cosmetics.
Paige left school with no qualifications and was earning £600-a-month in Selfridges when she set up her eponymous cosmetic brand as a side hustle.
The beauty fan started her brand from her council house and has grown it to an eight-figure cosmetic brand, in the ultimate rags-to-riches story.
Her brand’s hero products are the £22 sell-out Bad B***h Energy Lip Duo in 75 flavours and £15 The Cheek Of It liquid blush in 51 hues.
Among Paige’s business portfolio is also an academy, where she teaches others her signature dramatic make-up style, P.Louise store and tourist-attraction cafe in her Stockport head office.
She shared on Instagram: “I went from council estate to a cosmetic kingdom.
“From being Paige from Droylsden – the girl with no qualifications, no business plan, no money – just a girl with goals and determination to succeed.”
Inspirational Paige started P Louise from her council house bedroom when she was earning £600 a month[/caption]
The savvy businesswoman has grown her brand into an eight-figure business[/caption]
Other multi-millionaires on the list include haircare mogul John Frieda, famed for his Frizz-Ease range, and who boasts an estimated fortune of £150million.
Former Apprentice candidate Susie Ma has also made the list – despite coming third place on the show.
Although she didn’t win, Lord Alan Sugar still invested in her vegan-friendly skincare brand, Tropic Skincare and Susie is now said to be worth £73million.
Lush turned over £816million in 2023 thanks to, in part, their iconic bath bombs[/caption]
Trinny Woodall’s beauty brand has helped her rack up £54million[/caption]
Trinny Woodall, who previously presented BBC TV series What Not to Wear, is 12th on the list thanks to her make-up brand Trinny London.
The beauty guru launched her own make-up brand Trinny London from her kitchen table in 2017 and has earned herself an estimated wealth of £54million.
Meanwhile, Jo Malone, famed for her luxury candles, fragrances and the iconic Jo Malone London and Jo Loves brands, is valued at £15million.
In total, the 30 entries on the Beauty Rich List boast a combined estimated wealth of £2.174billion.
Darcy Laceby, co-founder of Absolute Collagen, is one of the youngest on the list at the age of 27[/caption]
Jo Malone (left) was also on the list thanks to her luxury candles and fragrances[/caption]
Alongside Darcy Laceby, other entrepreneurs who are in their twenties on the list are Jess Hunt and Ama Amo-Agyei, showing how young talent can succeed in the industry,
Produced by the same team behind The Sunday Times Rich List, Robert Watts, compiler of the list, said: “There are so many inspiring people with rags to riches stories here. Our Beauty List includes someone who came to the UK as a child refugee, another who was homeless and camping in woodland during his teens.
“There are others who left school with few or no qualifications to their name, one who was expelled. We have entries who suffered hair loss and very serious skin conditions that led them to create their own treatments which they later started to sell.
“All these people went on to build successful beauty brands making products people love, creating jobs, contributing decent sums to the public finances and of course making many of us look and feel a lot better along the way.”
Phoebe McDowell, beauty and interiors director of The Sunday Times, commented: “Beauty is big business, and this inaugural list demonstrates the power of creativity and innovation in the sector.
“These entrepreneurs have not only built brands but changed the way we think about hair, makeup, and skincare.”
The Sunday Times reveals the inaugural Beauty Rich List, the top 30 richest beauty entrepreneurs in the UK
- Charlotte Tilbury – £350m – Make-up – Charlotte Tilbury – London
- Mark and Mo Constantine – £249m – Bath bombs – Lush – South West
- Sanjay Vadera – £240m – Retailing scents and skincare – The Fragrance Shop – North West
- John Frieda – £150m – The godfather of haircare – John Frieda – London
- Vishal Karia – £114m – Supplying fragrances and skincare – Affinity Fragrances – South East
- Eliot Isaacs – £100m – Anti-aging products – Medi8 – London
- Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck and Toni Mascolo – £100m – Hairdressing – Toni & Guy – London
- Paige Williams – £100m – Teen-friendly cosmetics – P. Louise – North West
- Susie Ma – £73m – Vegan-friendly skincare – Tropic Skincare – London
- Daisy Kalnina – £70m – Nail polish – The Gel Bottle – South East
- Frank Taylor and family – £64m – Tanning shops – Indigo Sun – Scotland
- Trinny Woodall – £54m – What Not To Wear – Trinny London – London
- Jenna Meek – £52m – Eyebrow gels and lip liners – Refy – North West
- Susan Harmsworth – £50m – Spas – ESPA – North West
- Martin and Gavin Rae – £50m – Hair curlers – Cloud Nine – Yorkshire and the Humber
- Jess Hunt – £46m – Eyebrow gels and lip liners – Refy – North West
- Mike Harris and family – £42m – Hair loss treatment – The Belgravia Clinic – London
- Maxine and Darcy Laceby – £34m – Collagen supplements – Absolute Collagen – London
- Elliott Barton – £32m – False eyelashes – Tatti Lashes – North West
- Charlotte Tiplady – £32m – False eyelashes – Tatti Lashes – North West
- Georgie Cleeve and family – £28m – Luxury skincare – Oskia – Wales
- Nicola Elliott – £25m – Wellness and beauty products – Neom – Yorkshire and the Humber
- Oliver Mennell and family – £25m – Wellness and beauty products – Neom – Yorkshire and the Humber
- Mark Curry – £17m – Skincare – The Inkey List – London
- Jamie Genevieve – £15m – Vegan cosmetics – Vieve – Scotland
- Jo Malone – £15m – Lotions and scents – Jo Loves / Jo Malone London – London
- Freddy Ward – £10m – Refillable toiletries – Wild – London
- Colette Laxton – £12m – Skincare – The Inkey List – London
- Arma Amo-Agyei – £12m – Vegan cosmetics – Plantmade – South East
- Charles Bowes-Lyon – £10m – Refillable toiletries – Wild – London
