Investment Summary

Coty Invests In Younique

On January 10, 2017, Coty invested in consumer products company Younique

Investment Highlights
  • This is Coty’s 7th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Coty’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Coty’s 1st transaction in Utah.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-01-10
Target Younique
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) Coty
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Younique

Lehi, Utah, United States
Younique is a disruptive, peer-to-peer e-commerce platform that enables its community of independent presenters to leverage social media to market and distribute Younique’s line of innovative beauty products. Younique offers high-quality cosmetic and skin care products via its approximately 200,000 active presenters, selling in 10 countries. The company's product philosophy focuses on the intersection of science and nature to offer innovative and trend-leading products that support strong brand recognition with loyal presenters and consumers. Younique is a mission-first company, committed to uplifting, empowering and validating women everywhere.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Coty

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1904
Sector Consumer Products
Employees11,791
Revenue 6.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Coty is a pure-play beauty company with a portfolio of well-known fragrances, color cosmetics and skin & body care products sold in over 130 countries and territories. Coty was incorporated in 1904 and is headquartered in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 10
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 7 of 8
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Utah M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 6
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-17 ghd

West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

ghd is a provider of premium hair styling irons, comlpementary wet products and other hair styling accessories. ghd is based in West Yorkshire, United kingdom.

Buy £420M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-11 Wella Company

Petit-Lancy, Switzerland

Wella Company is a global player in the professional beauty and retail hair segments that manufactures and sells hair coloring, haircare, nail coloring as well as hair appliances products to salons and retailers globally. Wella Company is based in Petit-Lancy, Switzerland.

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