Anastasia Soare
Anastasia Soare (née Bălămaci; born 1957/1958) is a Romanian-American billionaire businesswoman, and the CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills, known as the "Eyebrow Queen".[3][4]
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Born | Anastasia Bălămaci 1957/1958 (age 62–63)[1] Constanța, Romania |
Nationality | |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Known for | CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills |
Net worth | $1.2 billion (June 2019)[2] |
Spouse(s) | Victor Soare
(m. 1978; div. 1994) |
Children | 1 daughter |
Early life
Soare was born in Constanța, Romania.[5][3][6] She is the child of Dumitru Bălămaci (who died when she was 12) and Victoria Babu, who owned a tailoring shop.[1] She studied art history and architecture in Romania.[6][7]
Career
In Los Angeles, as she spoke very little English, Soare worked as an aesthetician at a beauty salon and soon realized that eyebrows were an under-explored area. "I developed a technique for how to shape eyebrows according to people's bone structure and natural eyebrow shape".[3] As her manager did not think there was enough of a market, she rented a room in a Beverly Hills salon, providing facials, body waxing, and eyebrow sculpting.[3] By 1997, she was running her own salon on Beverly Hills' Bedford Drive.[3] As a beautician, she has stated that her first two clients for an eyebrow treatment were Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell.[7] Other clients have included Faye Dunaway and Jennifer Lopez.[3]
Soare is the CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills beauty brand, available in almost 2,000 stores internationally.[3] In 2016, Soare stated that she owned 100% of the company.[6]
As of January 2019, Anastasia Beverly Hills had the most popular Instagram page in the beauty industry, with 20.6 million followers.[7]
In June 2019, Forbes estimated Soare's net worth at $1.2 billion.[3][6]
Personal life
In 1978, she married Victor Soare, a ship's captain.[1] They had one daughter together, Claudia Norvina Soare, and divorced in 1994.[1][8][9] Her daughter is also active in the business.[7]
In 1986, while his ship was docked in Italy, her husband Victor visited the American embassy and asked for asylum. He reached the United States six months later.[8] However, Soare and her daughter were not allowed to leave Romania to join him in the United States until 1989.[6][8]
She lives in Beverly Hills, California, US.[2]
Soare is also the godmother of actor Sebastian Stan. [10]
References
- "Arch Angel". people.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- "Forbes profile: Anastasia Soare". Forbes. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- "Meet the Woman Behind Anastasia Beverly Hills, a Self-Made Billionaire 'Eyebrow Queen' Who Fled Communism in the '80s to Start a Beauty Empire". Money. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- Dawson Hoff, Victoria (25 August 2014). "11 Must-Know Tips From the Industry's Eyebrow Queen". Elle. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- "Meet the Artist: Anastasia Soare". Anastasia Beverly Hills. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- Berg, Madeline. "America's Newest Beauty Billionaire Built An Empire Targeting Women's Eyebrows". forbes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- Jacques, Renee. "5 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Anastasia Beverly Hills". allure.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- "Immigrants in Beauty: Anastasia Soare". allure.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- Nast, Condé. "The Much-Anticipated Anastasia Beverly Hills Norvina Palette Is FINALLY Here". Allure. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- beth (2017-08-13). "the best plot twist of 2017 was finding out anastasia beverly hills is sebastian's godmotherpic.twitter.com/KpcJ4O2pfF". @wintrweb. Retrieved 2019-03-29.