Anita Roddick

Dame Anita Roddick, DBE, ( born October 23, 1942 in Littlehampton, Sussex, England as Anita Lucia Perilli, † September 10, 2007 in Chichester, Sussex, England) was the founder and long- charioteer of The Body Shop, the UK's biggest cosmetics trading company, which was represented in her death in 2085 with branches in 54 countries and now ( in 2010) more than 2800 stores in 65 countries includes.

Life

Anita grew up as the daughter of Italian immigrants in the southern English coastal town of Littlehampton, where her parents ran a café. After the teacher studies she undertook as a hippie extended trips to Tahiti, Australia, Madagascar, Polynesia, Mauritius, South Africa. She lived in a kibbutz, worked in the Women's Rights Division at the United Nations ( UN) and also as a teacher.

In 1970, she married Gordon Roddick, after they together opened a hotel and a restaurant. In 1976, Roddick in Brighton the first Body Shop with a number of cosmetic products that were made ​​exclusively from natural ingredients and no animal testing and environmentally friendly packaging. She is considered a pioneer of ethical retailing.

Body Shop attracted many environmentally conscious customers. The company spread throughout Europe. 1984 The Body Shop became a publicly traded company, which brought Anita Roddick reviews their supporters. Today, The Body Shop is a global retail chain with more than 2,800 stores in 65 countries.

Roddick used her entrepreneurial reputation and widespread network of branches to support social and environmental projects ( Caring capitalism ). So she sat down one eg for animal and human rights and for fair trade with the Third World. Anita Roddick's willingness to be different and to do everything differently, made ​​her a role model for women entrepreneurs.

After Anita Roddick had visited Romanian orphanages, she founded in 1990 the charity Children on the Edge, which supports disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe and in Asia.

In 1998, Roddick left the chief position, four years later, however, she and her husband their posts as co- chairman from, but still acted in an advisory capacity. 2006, the cosmetics chain founded by her for 944 million euros from the French cosmetics giant L' Oréal was acquired, leading to irritation of their clientele again. Anita Roddick was awarded several prizes and recognitions, including her the title Dame of the British Empire in 2003 was awarded.

Roddick's commitment against animal testing and for the animals has earned her the respect of the international animal rights organization PETA.

She died on 10 September 2007 of a cerebral hemorrhage at St Richard 's Hospital in Chichester, in the presence of her husband Gordon and her daughters Sam and Justine.