Max Factor, Jr.
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Max Factor, Jr. (August 18, 1904 - June 7, 1996), was an American businessman who was president of the Max Factor Cosmetics empire.
He was born Francis Factor in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Max Factor, a Polish immigrant. Known as "Frank," his family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1908 where he began working in the family business while still a boy. Upon his father's death in 1938, he became head of the company and legally changed his name to Max Factor, Jr. In 1991, the company was sold to Procter & Gamble.
Max Factor, Jr., died in 1996 of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
