Joanne Lesley Malone

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(born 5 November 1963) is a British perfumer and founder of the companies Jo Malone London and Jo Loves. Malone founded Jo Malone London in 1990 and later sold the company in 1999 to its current parent company

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. In 2011, Malone founded Jo Loves.

Biography

Malone was born on 5 November 1963, and grew up in a

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in Bexleyheath, South East London. She had severe dyslexia, and left school aged 13 to care for her mother, who had a stroke. In 1999, Malone sold Jo Malone London to Estée Lauder Companies for "undisclosed millions". In 2011, she started a new fragrance company, Jo Loves. In 2008, Malone received an MBE, then in 2018 a CBE. In 2015, she was a castaway on BBC Radio 4's ''

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''. Malone is married to former surveyor Gary Willcox, and they have a son together. In 2003, Malone was diagnosed with an aggressive form of

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, and after a year of treatment her cancer was in remission.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Jo 1963 births Living people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British retail company founders People from Bexleyheath Place of birth missing (living people) People with dyslexia Perfumers