Some of the wealthiest people in the world control the companies that put cosmetics and skincare on your face. Here are just a few of them.

Bernard Arnault

# 7 on the Forbes list with $26 Billion in assets. Bernard owns LVMH, (which stands for Louis Vuitton, Moet, Hennessy). LVMH also owns Christian Dior, Fresh, Guerlain, Givenchy and Sephora (to name a few).

Liliane Bettencourt

#12 on the Forbes list with $12.7 Billion in assets. Liliane is the proud owner of L’Oreal.

L’Oreal owns L’Oreal (obviously), Lancome, Kiehls, Shu Uemura and Armani.

Leonard and Ronald Lauder

Leonard and Ronald are #’s 249 and #287 on the Forbes list with a combined $6.7 Billion in assets. Their mother, Estee Lauder formed the Estee Lauder company in 1946. The company has grown considerably since then as they now own Estee Lauder, Clinique, Prescriptives, Origins, Crème de la Mer, Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Darphin, MAC, Jo Malone, Donna Karan, Missoni, Aramis, Lab Series, Kiton, Flirt, grass roots, good skin, Sean John Fragrances, Bumble and Bumble, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger and American Beauty. Quite a mouthful, isn’t it?

Count and Countess D’Ornano

Although, not the wealthiest of the cosmetic giants, the Count and Countess D’Ornano, owners of Sisley Cosmetics, certainly have the pedigree’s and style to produce one of the world’s best luxury skincare lines.

The Countess

Here are a few pictures from inside the Paris home of the D’Ornano’s…

The Grand Salon, above, with a portrait of the Countess’ royal ancestor, Barbara Radziwell, Queen of Poland.

The Entrance Gallery

The dining room

All this, and so much more, from some face paint and soap.

Sources: Forbes.com and newyorksocialdiary.com