acquisition founded 1955 founder leonard h. lavin defunct 2010 headquarters 2525 armitage avenue melrose park illinois 60160 u.s. area served worldwide key people carol lavin bernick executive chairman of the board vincent j. marino president ceo & director revenue us 1.60 billion fy 2010 1 operating income us 218 million fy 2010 1 net income us 155 million fy 2010 1 total assets us 1.88 billion fy 2010 1 total equity us 1.32 billion fy 2010 1 number of employees 2 600 as of september 30 2010 1 parent unilever website alberto.com alberto culver was an american corporation with international sales whose principal business is manufacturing hair and skin beauty care products under such brands as alberto vo5 andrew collinge st. ives skin care products tresemm fds consort and nexxus . it is a manufacturer in the multicultural beauty care market with such brands as soft & beautiful just for me motions and tcb . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 acquisition 2 community 3 references 4 external links history edit the company originated as a los angeles beauty supply house with some proprietary products founded by blaine culver . the house chemist was named alberto hence the name alberto culver . alberto culver was purchased and reorganized in 1955 by leonard h. lavin who was an entrepreneur and manufacturer s representative for various other companies . the newly created company was then moved to chicago and a hundred other products were dropped and the company focused on alberto vo5 shampoo and hairdressing . 2 3 in 1958 alberto vo5 hairdressing became the number one brand in its category and it still holds that position today . lavin and his wife bernice guided the company s growth until 1994 when they turned it over to a second family generation . lavin remains a director of today s alberto culver and his daughter carol lavin bernick is the company s executive chairman . 4 in 2006 the company sought to sell its salon distribution business which includes sally beauty supply stores and beauty systems group to regis corporation . it later terminated the agreement and on november 10 2006 shareholders voted to spin off sally beauty . the company s 2007 sales were reported at us 1.54 billion . 5 6 in october 2008 alberto culver announced it had closed the transaction to acquire the worldwide rights and trademarks to the noxzema skin care brand from procter & gamble which includes the existing business in the united states canada and parts of latin america . procter & gamble will continue to operate its existing noxzema shave care antiperspirant deodorant body wash and body soap business in portions of western europe . 7 the uk head office is in leatherhead unilever house and used to be in chineham basingstoke and the company has a manufacturing plant in swansea wales where all uk products are produced and also those for some european countries . acquisition edit alberto culver was purchased by the anglo dutch consumer goods company unilever on september 27 2010 for us 3.7 billion . 8 the terms of the acquisition required unilever to then sell select hair care brands and its entire food business in the usa to other companies to satisfy antitrust concerns in the late 1990s unilever had purchased alberto culver s historic chicago rival helene curtis . the u.s. food business was bought by b & g foods and the u.s. rights to vo5 rave and coast were sold to high ridge brands unilever owns these brands in the rest of the world . with the reduction in american brands unilever closed the former alberto culver plant in 2013 laying off 600 workers . community edit alberto culver was well known for its support of organizations in health care and its support of research and facilities in those areas where it believed that this can have great impact for the well being and peace of mind of families . other areas of support included education and women in the workplace . it was also known for not testing its products on animals and included related labeling on product packaging . with the products now under unilever this is now likely no longer the case citation needed and the labeling has been removed . references edit a b c d e f alberto culver company annual report fy 2010 secdatabase.com form type 10 k filing date november 23 2010 . a b our story alberto culver release our story brands alberto culver release our story people alberto culver release alberto culver s 10k 2007 annual report filing for the sec u.s. securities and exchange commission september 2007 hoover s fact sheet on alberto culver alberto culver announces the completion of noxzema acquisition secdatabase.com form 10 k filing date november 25 2008 . accession number 0001193125 08 243421 http www.bloomberg.com news 2010 09 27 unilever agrees to buy chicago based alberto culver for 3 7 billion cash.html external links edit alberto culver official site alberto culver s filings with the securities and exchange commission alberto culver company description and financials alberto culver quarterly profit rises monday april 28 2008 reuters v t e unilever subsidiaries current alberto culver hindustan unilever maille unilever australasia unilever bangladesh unilever ghana unilever indonesia unilever nepal unilever philippines unilever pakistan former elizabeth arden inc. bifi calvin klein fragrances only faberg gorton s of gloucester mac fisheries palm line united africa company brands beverages brooke bond lipton pg tips scottish blend selecta food becel ben & jerry s bertolli except olive oil and u.s. frozen foods birds eye bovril chicken tonight colman s conimex continental cornetto country crock cup a soup findus flora gb glace golden gaytime grom hellmann s best foods hertog i can t believe it s not butter iglo imperial margarine kibon knorr mac fisheries maille marmite mattessons paddle pop peperami pot noodle pot rice rafhan rag sana selecta spry squirrel stork talenti unox vermonster heartbrand ice cream division calippo cornetto gb glace 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