Dame Anita Perella Roddick was the founder of the Body Shop cosmetics company dedicated to producing and retailing ethical beauty products and also she is a millionaire.
Anita was born to an Italian immigrant family, her mother ran a cafe and introduced her to Gordon Roddick who she married in 1970.
After the birth of her youngest daughter Sam in 1971, Anita had a large blood transfusion which she is convinced infected her with Hepatitis C.
Dame Anita and her husband Gordon started the Body Shop as a single store in Brighton in 1976 to help support their two young daughters, Justine and Samantha.
They opened a second store six months later and the brand, whose success was based on their refusal to allow animal testing and staunch support of Third World suppliers, grew to 2,085 branches around the world, including 304 in the UK.
In 2006 Anita sold her famous beauty empire to L'oreal in a controversial £625 million deal.
Anita died at the age of 64 of a sudden Brain Hemorrhage
Anita was born to an Italian immigrant family, her mother ran a cafe and introduced her to Gordon Roddick who she married in 1970.
After the birth of her youngest daughter Sam in 1971, Anita had a large blood transfusion which she is convinced infected her with Hepatitis C.
Dame Anita and her husband Gordon started the Body Shop as a single store in Brighton in 1976 to help support their two young daughters, Justine and Samantha.
They opened a second store six months later and the brand, whose success was based on their refusal to allow animal testing and staunch support of Third World suppliers, grew to 2,085 branches around the world, including 304 in the UK.
In 2006 Anita sold her famous beauty empire to L'oreal in a controversial £625 million deal.
Anita died at the age of 64 of a sudden Brain Hemorrhage
Dame Anita Perella Roddick was the founder of the Body Shop cosmetics company dedicated to producing and retailing ethical beauty products and also she is a millionaire.
Anita was born to an Italian immigrant family, her mother ran a cafe and introduced her to Gordon Roddick who she married in 1970.
After the birth of her youngest daughter Sam in 1971, Anita had a large blood transfusion which she is convinced infected her with Hepatitis C.
Dame Anita and her husband Gordon started the Body Shop as a single store in Brighton in 1976 to help support their two young daughters, Justine and Samantha.
They opened a second store six months later and the brand, whose success was based on their refusal to allow animal testing and staunch support of Third World suppliers, grew to 2,085 branches around the world, including 304 in the UK.
In 2006 Anita sold her famous beauty empire to L'oreal in a controversial £625 million deal.
Anita died at the age of 64 of a sudden Brain Hemorrhage
Anita was born to an Italian immigrant family, her mother ran a cafe and introduced her to Gordon Roddick who she married in 1970.
After the birth of her youngest daughter Sam in 1971, Anita had a large blood transfusion which she is convinced infected her with Hepatitis C.
Dame Anita and her husband Gordon started the Body Shop as a single store in Brighton in 1976 to help support their two young daughters, Justine and Samantha.
They opened a second store six months later and the brand, whose success was based on their refusal to allow animal testing and staunch support of Third World suppliers, grew to 2,085 branches around the world, including 304 in the UK.
In 2006 Anita sold her famous beauty empire to L'oreal in a controversial £625 million deal.
Anita died at the age of 64 of a sudden Brain Hemorrhage
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