Todd Christopher
Clearwater, Florida
United States
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hair care products, Self Made
$2,300,000,000
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#1057 Billionaires 2019
#368 Forbes 400 2018
A high school dropout, Todd Christopher founded hair care products company Vogue International in 1987. Christopher sold a 49% stake to the Carlyle Group in 2014 and 51% to Johnson & Johnson for $3.3 billion in cash in June 2016.In 2014, Vogue International borrowed several hundred million dollars and made a $400 million distribution to Todd Christopher.Vogue International owns hair care brands like OGX, Pro-Vitamin, FX and Maui.
The fourth generation of a family of hairdressers, Christopher opened his first salon in his twenties. Short on cash, he slept in his salon to save money.Christopher got his start in hair care products by selling Pro-Vitamin hair treatment capsules out of the trunk of his car in 1987.
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