Birthday profile

Yves Rocher

Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (died 2009)

Born
April 7, 1930
Died
December 26, 2009
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1930

About Yves Rocher

Yves Rocher was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer of the modern use of natural ingredients in cosmetics. The Yves Rocher group achieved a turnover of 2.5 billion euros in 2017. Natural products and mail order sales were the pillars of the cosmetics company he founded in 1959.

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Yves Rocher timeline

  1. Natural products and mail order sales were the pillars of the cosmetics company he founded in 1959.
  2. The Yves Rocher group achieved a turnover of 2.5 billion euros in 2017.

The world when Yves Rocher was born

Yves Rocher was born in 1930. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1930

  • #1 song"Georgia on My Mind" – Hoagy Carmichael
  • Top movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
  • Best-selling bookCimarron – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf
  • Top headlineFirst FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay
  • Technology milestonePlanet Pluto discovered
  • Defining fadMiniature golf craze
  • Notable inventionScotch tape
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population123.2M

1930 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yves Rocher's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19302026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,500$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population123.2M341 million

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