Liliane Bettencourt, Heiress to L'Oréal Fortune, Dies
PARIS – Liliane Bettencourt, one of the world's richest women and heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune, died Thursday. She was 94.
"My mother has left peacefully," Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, her daughter, said in a statement.
Ms. Bettencourt-Meyers, who was appointed guardian of Ms. Bettencourt's assets in 2011, and her sons control 33% of L'Oreal SA's shares. Ms. Bettencourt-Meyers Thursday affirmed her support for Jean-Paul Agon, the company's chief executive.
"In this painful moment for us, I would like to reiterate, on behalf of our family, our entire commitment and loyalty to L'Oréal and to renew my confidence in its President Jean-Paul Agon and his teams worldwide."
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Corrections & Amplifications
This article was corrected at 2:01 p.m. ET because an earlier version incorrectly spelled Bettencourt-Meyers as Bettencourt-Myers in the third paragraph.
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers was appointed guardian of Liliane Bettencourt's assets. "Liliane Bettencourt, Heiress to L'Oréal Fortune, Dies" at 1:24 pm ET, incorrectly spelled her last name as Bettencourt-Myers in the third paragraph. (September 21, 2017)
PARIS -- Liliane Bettencourt, one of the world's richest women and heiress to the L'Oréal cosmetics fortune, died Thursday. She was 94.
"My mother has left peacefully," Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, her daughter, said in a statement.
Ms. Bettencourt-Meyers, who was appointed guardian of Ms. Bettencourt's assets in 2011, and her sons control 33% of L'Oréal SA's shares. Ms. Bettencourt-Meyers Thursday affirmed her support for Jean-Paul Agon, the company's chief executive.
"In this painful moment for us, I would like to reiterate, on behalf of our family, our entire commitment and loyalty to L'Oréal and to renew my confidence in its President Jean-Paul Agon and his teams world-wide."
Write to Matthew Dalton at Matthew.Dalton@wsj.com
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September 21, 2017 14:17 ET (18:17 GMT)