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Helena Rubinstein

1872 - 1965

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Helena Rubinstein (born Chaja Rubinstein; December 25, 1872 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, she was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated cosmetics company, which made her one of the world's richest women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helena Rubinstein is the 107th most popular businessperson (down from 65th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 117th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Businessperson.

Helena Rubinstein was a Polish-born American businesswoman and philanthropist who became the world's first self-made female millionaire. She is most famous for founding the company Helena Rubinstein Incorporated, which is now owned by Unilever.

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Among businesspeople, Helena Rubinstein ranks 107 out of 847. Before her are Kris Jenner, Mark Zuckerberg, Paul Allen, Colonel Tom Parker, Adnan Khashoggi, and Joan Laporta. After her are Mercédès Jellinek, Jack Ma, Vincent J. McMahon, Carlos Ghosn, Massimo Moratti, and Roman Abramovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Helena Rubinstein ranks 27. Before her are Sri Aurobindo, Jože Plečnik, Norman Angell, Aubrey Beardsley, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, and Wilhelm Miklas. After her are Georgy Chicherin, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Gotse Delchev, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and José Sanjurjo. Among people deceased in 1965, Helena Rubinstein ranks 26. Before her are Maxime Weygand, Louise Mountbatten, Nat King Cole, Dorothea Lange, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani. After her are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Paul Tillich, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Louis Hjelmslev, Fan Noli, and Herberts Cukurs.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Helena Rubinstein ranks 192 out of 1,694. Before her are Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Casimir I the Restorer (1016), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Marian Rejewski (1905), and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885). After her are Heinrich Rickert (1863), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915), Daniel Libeskind (1946), Ernst Kummer (1810), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Poland

Among businesspeople born in Poland, Helena Rubinstein ranks 1. After her are Jack Tramiel (1928), Max Factor (1877), and Joanna Hoffman (1955).

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