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Ingram Berg Shavitz [1] (May 15, 1935 – July 5, 2015) professionally known as Burt Shavitz, was an American beekeeper and businessman notable for founding the Burt's Bees personal care products company with businesswoman Roxanne Quimby. [2] Shavitz's likeness is featured on the Burt's Bees products.
The reality, Burt Shavitz says, is that he was forced out by co-founder Roxanne Quimby after he had an affair with an employee. ... The reclusive beekeeper whose simple life became complicated by ...
Roxanne Quimby (born July 11, 1950) is an American businesswoman notable for founding the North Carolina–based Burt's Bees personal-care products company with the eponymous beekeeper Burt Shavitz. [ 6 ]
Robert F. Bukaty/AP By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO -- Burt Shavitz, co-founder and namesake for natural care product company Burt's Bees, has died, the company said Sunday. He was 80. Shavitz, a ...
AP By Richard Feloni Burt Shavitz, the man depicted in the logo of the Burt's Bees brand of personal care products, died in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday at the age of 80 from respiratory complications ...
Soon after, Quimby forced Shavitz out of the company's operations after learning he was having an affair with an employee. [11] Burt's Bees changed its focus to exclusively personal care products. In 1995, the company moved its manufacturing operations into a 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m 2 ) former garment factory in Creedmoor , North Carolina.
Burt Shavitz (1935–2015), co-founder of personal care products company Burt's Bees [67] [53] Emily Weiss (born 1984), founder of cosmetics company Glossier [68] Suzi Weiss-Fischmann (born 1956), Hungarian-born co-founder of nail polish manufacturer OPI [53] [69]
But not all of these beekeepers are producing honey at the scale measured by the Census, which could account for the lower reported growth in honey production. Census data shows that the number of ...