Hubert d'Ornano
Early life
Hubert was born on 31 March 1926 at the family castle in Mełgiew in Świdnik, Poland but moved to France at the age of eight.{{cite news |last1=Kerr |first1=Alison |title=Count Hubert d'Ornano |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14094467.count-hubert-dornano/ |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=Herald Scotland |date=20 November 2015 |language=en}} He was a son of Elisabeth d'Ornano and Count Guillaume d'Ornano, a co-founder of Lancôme in 1935 (which was acquired by L'Oreal in 1964). His elder brother was Count Michel d'Ornano, who served as Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Raymond Barre.
Through his paternal great-grandfather, Rodolphe-Auguste d'Ornano, he was a direct descendant of Countess Marie Walewska and Count Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, a Napoleonic officer who was made Marshal of France.{{cite news |title=Count d'Ornano, 66, Ex-Minister in France |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/09/obituaries/count-d-ornano-66-ex-minister-in-france.html |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 March 1991}}
Hubert studied law at La Sorbonne university in Paris.{{cite web |title=Sisley launches Sisleÿum for men |url=https://luxuryactivist.com/beauty/sisley-launches-sisleyum-for-men/ |publisher=Luxury Activist |access-date=23 March 2023 |date=29 March 2011}}
Career
In 1954, Hubert and his elder brother, Michel, founded Jean d'Albret, a perfume company that produced scents such as Écusson, Rafale, and Lavande. In 1957, his father sold his stake in Lancôme and joined their business. The success of Jean d'Albret allowed Hubert and Michel to found Orlane in the early 1950s. Jean d’Albret-Orlane was sold the year after his brother entered French politics in 1968, while Hubert remained the company's chairman and chief executive officer running the Jean-Louis Scherrer subsidiary until 1975.
In 1976, Hubert acquired Sisley from its two founders and, with his wife Isabelle in a small two-room office,{{cite news |last1=Merkin |first1=Daphne |title=The Cream Merchants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/style/tmagazine/13sisley.html |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=13 April 2008}} began developing the company into "the fastest-growing treatment line in Neiman Marcus, where, alongside Bergdorf Goodman, it was sold exclusively in the U.S." By 2014, Sisley reached 638 million euros in beauty sales. As of 2015, Forbes evaluated his net worth at $1.1 billion U.S. dollars.{{cite web |title=Hubert d'Ornano |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/hubert-dornano/?sh=269e65d920ad |work=Forbes |access-date=23 March 2023 |language=en}}
=Philanthropy=
In 2007, Count d'Ornano and his wife created the Sisley-d'Ornano Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France, to "deliver charity work and philanthropy across sectors in France and abroad." The Foundation assisted with the restoration of the fresco of the Church of Our Lady Assumption, the seat of the Polish Mission in Paris.{{cite news |title=Sisley's Hubert d'Ornano passes away aged 89 |url=https://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/news/article_page/Sisleys_Hubert_dOrnano_passes_away_aged_89/112384 |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=www.cosmeticsbusiness.com |date=30 September 2015 |language=en}}
Personal life
On 6 July 1963, d'Ornano married Countess Isabelle Potocki (b. 1937) at Deauville, France. She was a daughter of Count Józef Alfred Potocki and Princess Krystyna Maria Radziwiłł (a daughter of Prince Janusz Radziwiłł).{{cite news |last1=Ings-Chambers |first1=Edwina |title=The family firm {{!}} The d'Ornano dynasty is as sophisticated as its Sisley skincare |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-100-fast-growth/company-profile/article/the-family-firm-c5vbl3bv0dt |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=The Times |date=13 September 2015 |language=en}} Isabella's uncle was Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, who married Caroline Lee Bouvier (sister to First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis).{{cite news |title=PRINCE RADZIWILL BURIED IN POLAND |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/10/08/archives/prince-radziwill-buried-in-poland.html |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=8 October 1967}} Her sister, Countess Dorota Potocki, married skier Luis Arias Carralón.{{cite book |last1=Piwkowski |first1=Włodzimierz |last2=Jabłoński |first2=Krzysztof |title=Nieborów: Pałac Radziwiłłów |date=1992 |publisher=Voyager |isbn=978-83-85496-03-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHbZAAAAMAAJ |access-date=22 March 2023 |language=pl}} Together, they were the parents of:
- Count Philip d'Ornano (b. 1964), married designer Mina Pavićević in 1993;{{cite news |title=Beauty: It's Their Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121478670/beauty-its-their-business/ |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=National Post |date=17 February 2007 |pages=72}} he became chairman of Sisley in 2013.
- Count Marc d'Ornano (1966–1986)
- Countess Élisabeth d'Ornano (b. 1968), the "face" of Sisley; she married Emilio Botin O'Shea, son of Emilio Botín (former chairman of Grupo Santander) and philanthropist Paloma O'Shea, 1st Marchioness of O'Shea, in 1989.{{cite news |last1=Norwich |first1=Billy |title=Wedding, Fashion Shows Lure Party Set to Paris |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121478868/wedding-fashion-shows-lure-party-set/ |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=Palm Beach Daily News |date=26 January 1989 |pages=2}}
- Countess Maria Laetitia d'Ornano (1970–2013), studied human ecology.
- Countess Christine d'Ornano (b. 1973), married Lebanon-born financier Marzouk Al Bader in 2002.{{cite news |last1=Woods |first1=Vicki |title=A London Townhouse Revitalized |url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/house-interiors/a3993/a-london-townhouse-revitalized-a-63454/ |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=ELLE Decor |date=24 March 2010}}
Their Paris apartment was located on the tree-lined Quai d'Orsay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, overlooking the Seine. Count d'Ornano died on 25 September 2015 and his funeral was held at Bouges-le-Château, in the Indre department of France.{{cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Jennifer |title=Hubert d'Ornano Dies at 89 |url=https://wwd.com/feature/sisley-hubert-dornano-dies-at-10242826/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=WWD |date=26 September 2015}}
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