Anita Roddick
23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007
Anita Roddick was a British businesswoman and campaigner who founded The Body Shop, a cosmetics retailer that grew from a single shop in Brighton into an international chain. She was known for linking the business to environmental and human-rights campaigns and was appointed a Dame in 2003.
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Life events
Anita Lucia Perilli was born to Italian immigrant parents who ran a café in Littlehampton.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe completed teacher training before working abroad, including a period with the United Nations in Geneva.
The couple ran a restaurant and a hotel in Littlehampton before she went into cosmetics retailing.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe shop in Kensington Gardens, Brighton, sold a small range of naturally based cosmetics in refillable containers.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe company was listed on the Unlisted Securities Market, and its share price rose sharply on the first day.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe was made a Dame in the 2003 New Year Honours for services to retailing, the environment and charity.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe French cosmetics group acquired The Body Shop for about £652 million, a deal criticised by some of the company's supporters.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRoddick said she had contracted the virus through a blood transfusion after the birth of her daughter in 1971.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died of a brain haemorrhage at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, aged 64.
Source: en.wikipedia.org