Reinold Geiger
{{Short description|Austrian billionaire businessman}}
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| birth_place = Dornbirn, Austria
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| education = Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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| occupation = Businessman
| title = Chairman and CEO, L'Occitane en Provence
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Reinold Geiger (born 10 July 1947){{cite web|title=Reinold GEIGER|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/DNd7jEEGTc41LEY1_yBCUwEj8EY/appointments|website=Companies House|accessdate=6 February 2017}} is an Austrian billionaire, and the chairman and executive director of French cosmetics retailer L'Occitane en Provence. On the 2023 Forbes list, he was the 9th richest Austrian with a net worth of US$ 1.4 billion.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |title=World's Billionaires List |work=forbes.com |access-date=12 February 2024}}
Education and career
Geiger, the son of a carpenter, received a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, in 1969 and an MBA degree from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France) in 1976.{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Reinold Geiger |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/reinold-geiger/ |website=Forbes|accessdate=4 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=7473963&privcapId=20949560|publisher=bloomberg.com|title=Stocks - Bloomberg|accessdate=6 February 2017}} After graduating he founded several small companies, including a tourism company in London.{{cite web |url=https://www.trend.at/personen/reinhold-geiger |title=L'Occitane-Chef Reinhold Geiger, der König der Düfte |publisher=trend.at |access-date=12 February 2024}}
In 1978, Geiger founded the AMS Packaging Company in Paris, which specialized in the production of cosmetics packaging. He later sold the company at a profit. In 1994, Geiger started investing millions in the then small cosmetics company L'Occitane and took over the management. He expanded the company into a global group and it was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in May 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.ftd.de/karriere-management/management/:montagsportraet-reinold-geiger-der-klischeeverkaeufer/73215.html |title=Reinold Geiger – Der Klischeeverkäufer |author=Heimo Fischer |date=14 May 2006 |publisher=ftd.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309193701/http://www.ftd.de/karriere-management/management/:montagsportraet-reinold-geiger-der-klischeeverkaeufer/73215.html |archive-date=9 March 2012 |access-date=13 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vol.at/2012/03/VN-D006001112.pdf |title=Reinold Geiger: Monsieur L'Occitane |author=Angelika Böhmer |date=12 December 2010 |publisher=vol.at |access-date=13 February 2024}}
In 2021, he stepped down as CEO of L’Occitane but remained chairman and executive director of the company. Geiger owned 70 percent of the company in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000185745/oesterreicher-reinold-geiger-verwirft-uebernahmeplan-fuer-loccitane |title=Österreicher Reinold Geiger verwirft Übernahmeplan für L'Occitane |author=Lukas Kapeller |date=5 September 2023 |publisher=derstandard.at |access-date=13 February 2024}}
Forbes lists his net worth at USD 2.4 billion, as of February 2024.
Personal life
Geiger was married to Dominique Maze-Sencier until her death in May 2017. The couple had 3 sons, Maximilien, Nicolas and Adrien.{{Cite web |title=Avis de décès Dominique GEIGER - Les Portes-en-Ré (17) - Dans Nos Coeurs |url=https://www.dansnoscoeurs.fr/dominique-geiger/2088943 |access-date=2 November 2023 |website=www.dansnoscoeurs.fr |language=fr}} Geiger lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He owns properties in the alps, on the Île de Ré and in Trancoso, Brazil.
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Category:Austrian billionaires
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