What started in 19-09 as a French company selling hair dye to beauticians has grown into the world’s largest cosmetics company. Landing at number three-ninety-six on Fortune’s Global 500, L’Oreal makes seven-billion beauty products yearly for one billion customers worldwide. Jean Paul Agon (zeohn paul ah-GOHN) has served as L’Oreal’s C-E-O for the past twelve years, but he’s been at the company for forty.