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Beauty industry has more female leaders than most, but men still dominate

When it comes to women in chief executive positions in the beauty industry, smaller brands are leading the way.

Beauty industry has more female leaders than most, but men still dominate
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L’Oréal Paris has a female president for the first time, its parent company announced Thursday. The beauty industry is one where you might think women would soon be running out of these kind of “firsts.”

However, while the beauty industry does have better representation of women in leadership roles than other industries, men still dominate the C-suite and boardroom — at least at the biggest companies.

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