The Maybelline Story

Maybelline a staggering success story

By Sharrie Williams · Written March 2020 · 1 min read

Maybelline a staggering success story


On the level of great American entrepreneurs, my Great uncle, Tom Lyle Williams story is a spectacular rise to the top of the business world and the cosmetic industry, with his hunches, hard work and deep-rooted faith that made it possible.

Maybelline a staggering success story


Ranging from the days when he literally couldn’t spare a dime, to his building a world famous brand and cosmetic empire. Tom Lyle Williams story is a saga of American big business through depression, war and prosperity.

Maybelline a staggering success story


Most of all, though, it is a story of great personal adventure by a man who believed in himself, in his dreams, and in American as an unending frontier of opportunity.

Maybelline a staggering success story
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