Charlotte Tilbury Awarded CBE as Britain’s Biggest Beauty Brand Passes The £1 Billion Mark

Recognising a defining force in UK beauty The citation highlights Charlotte’s contribution to the rapid growth of the UK beauty sector, which has expanded from about £17 billion in 2013 to over £31 billion today, with beauty now outperforming sectors such as sport, publishing and recreation in its direct contribution to UK GDP.

Under her leadership, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has become a global category leader, operating across 57 markets, with over 5,500 distribution points worldwide and a team of more than 3,000 employees.

The brand is described as the UK’s number one prestige makeup brand, with a social audience exceeding 20 million, and a portfolio that includes globally recognised franchises such as Pillow Talk and Airbrush.

Building Britain’s biggest beauty brand Launched in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has grown from a disruptive start-up into what the release calls “the largest British-born global beauty business ever”, valued at over £1 billion when Charlotte led a strategic partnership with Puig in 2020…