Her cosmetics empire has made Stevens wealthy.

John H. Johnson, founder of an international media and cosmetics empire that includes Ebony and Jet.

The cosmetics empire he founded, however, continued its success - and continued to sponsor television programming - for many years after the scandals faded away.

A man died Sunday who fitted that definition perfectly: Roy Titus, heir to the cosmetics empire built up by his mother, Helena Rubinstein.

Napoleon's business partners are his younger brother Emanuel Perdis and his wife Soula-Marie, with both of whom he co-founded his cosmetics empire from the very outset.

She later moved her operations to London in 1902, to Paris in 1906 and then to New York in 1912, where she began building her international cosmetics empire.

Mr. Stahl, who joined the cosmetics empire four years ago, turned back his bonus this year - $373,190 - to help reward employees responsible for some of the company's achievements in 2005.

Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs In her mid-40s, Mary Kay Ash left her sexist workplace, put together a small savings and launched a cosmetics empire.

He says his experience running a huge company, his mother's cosmetics empire, qualifies him to run the city.

Their mother is Charlotte (Marian Seldes), who still runs the cosmetics empire.