Charles Haskell Revson was an American businessman and philanthropist.
13 Facts About Charles Revson
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Charles Revson was best known as a pioneering figure in the American cosmetics industry as the person who created the first pigment-based nail polish and founded and managed Revlon through five decades.
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Charles Revson's father, Samuel Revson, was born in Lithuania and of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage; his mother, Jeanette Weiss Revson, in Austria-Hungary and of German-Jewish background.
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Charles Revson's parents emigrated to Boston in the late 19th century where they had eight other children.
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Charles Revson moved to Boston after graduating from Manchester High School West.
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When Elka, the cosmetics company he worked for, did not promote him to the position of national distributor, Charles Revson decided to go into business for himself.
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Charles Revson said that Revson demanded the shows be rigged to ensure high ratings.
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Charles Revson's second was to Johanna C Ancky Johnson, producing sons John and Charles H Revson, Jr.
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Charles Revson had 5 grandchildren: Jill Revson, Charles H Revson III and Alexander Revson.
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Charles Revson married a third time to Lyn Revson.
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Charles Revson was a frequent customer of master tailor William Fioravanti at 45 West 57th Street, ordering around a dozen suits a year; Charles Revson later invested in the business.
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Charles Revson died on August 24,1975, at his home in Premium Point, New Rochelle, New York.
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Charles Revson was a character in the Doug Wright-Scott Frankel-Michael Korie musical War Paint based on Lindy Woodhead's book of the same name and The Powder and the Glory documentary.