Reinold Geiger

Austrian billionaire businessman

Reinold Geiger

Born|  (1947-07-10) 10 July 1947 (age 78)

Dornbirn, Austria

Education| Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
INSEAD
Occupation| Businessman
Title| Chairman and CEO, L'Occitane en Provence
Spouse|

Dominique Maze-Sencier

(died 2017)​

Children| 3

Reinold Geiger (born 10 July 1947)[1] is an Austrian billionaire, and the chairman and executive director of French cosmetics retailer L'Occitane en Provence. On the 2023 Forbes list, he was the 9th richest Austrian with a net worth of US$ 1.4 billion.[2]

## Education and career

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Geiger, the son of a carpenter, received a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, in 1969 and an MBA degree from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France) in 1976.[3][4] After graduating he founded several small companies, including a tourism company in London.[5]

In 1978, Geiger founded the AMS Packaging Company in Paris, which specialized in the production of cosmetics packaging. He later sold the company at a profit. In 1994, Geiger started investing millions in the then small cosmetics company L'Occitane and took over the management.[5] He expanded the company into a global group and it was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in May 2010.[6][7]

In 2021, he stepped down as CEO of L’Occitane but remained chairman and executive director of the company.[3] Geiger owned 70 percent of the company in 2023.[8]

Forbes lists his net worth at USD 2.4 billion, as of February 2024.[3]

## Personal life

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Geiger was married to Dominique Maze-Sencier until her death in May 2017. The couple had 3 sons, Maximilien, Nicolas and Adrien.[9] Geiger lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He owns properties in the alps, on the Île de Ré and in Trancoso, Brazil.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Reinold GEIGER". Companies House. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
2. ^ "World's Billionaires List". forbes.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. ^ a b c d "Forbes profile: Reinold Geiger". Forbes. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
4. ^ "Stocks - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
5. ^ a b "L'Occitane-Chef Reinhold Geiger, der König der Düfte". trend.at. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
6. ^ Heimo Fischer (14 May 2006). "Reinold Geiger – Der Klischeeverkäufer". ftd.de. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
7. ^ Angelika Böhmer (12 December 2010). "Reinold Geiger: Monsieur L'Occitane" (PDF). vol.at. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
8. ^ Lukas Kapeller (5 September 2023). "Österreicher Reinold Geiger verwirft Übernahmeplan für L'Occitane". derstandard.at. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
9. ^ "Avis de décès Dominique GEIGER - Les Portes-en-Ré (17) - Dans Nos Coeurs". www.dansnoscoeurs.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2023.

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