Ownership profile
Who owns CeraVe?
CeraVe is a skincare brand wholly owned by L'Oréal S.A., a publicly traded French company listed on Euronext Paris (ticker: OR.PA); it has no private equity involvement.
Ownership profile
CeraVe
L'Oréal S.A.
Evidence (9)
L'Oréal S.A. is a publicly traded company listed on Euronext Paris under ticker OR.PA, with ADRs also trading as LRLCY on OTCQB
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/OR.PA/L'Oréal S.A. operates through four divisions — Professional Products, Consumer Products, Luxe, and Dermatological Beauty — with CeraVe housed in the Dermatological Beauty division
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/OR.PA/L'Oréal's official brand page lists CeraVe as part of its Dermatological Beauty division, available in over 100 countries
https://www.loreal.com/en/dermatological-beauty-division/cerave/L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty officially lists CeraVe as one of its five international brands alongside La Roche-Posay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals, and Skinbetter Science
https://www.lorealdermatologicalbeauty.com/about-us/who-we-areCeraVe is owned by L'Oréal and operates as a subsidiary of L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CeraVeL'Oréal acquired CeraVe (along with AcneFree and Ambi) from Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $1.3 billion in cash, announced January 10, 2017
https://www.loreal-finance.com/eng/news-release/loreal-signs-agreement-valeant-acquire-cerave-and-two-other-brandsValeant Pharmaceuticals (now Bausch Health) filed an SEC Form 8-K confirming the sale of CeraVe, AcneFree, and AMBI to L'Oréal for $1.3 billion
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000885590/000095010317000286/dp71817_ex9902.htmPrior to L'Oréal's acquisition, CeraVe was owned by Valeant Pharmaceuticals (now Bausch Health); before that it was part of Coria Laboratories — there is no PE ownership in the brand's history
https://www.happi.com/exclusives/cerave-celebrates-20-years-in-business-with-birthday-tour/L'Oréal rebranded its Active Cosmetics Division to L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty in March 2023; CeraVe remained part of this division throughout
https://www.beautypackaging.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2023-03-09/loreal-rebrands-active-cosmetics-division/What's uncertain
- CeraVe does not file independently with the SEC as it is a brand asset of L'Oréal S.A., not a standalone legal entity; no separate corporate registry entry was located.
- The prior ownership chain (Coria Laboratories → Valeant Pharmaceuticals) involved publicly traded pharmaceutical companies, not PE funds; no PE involvement was identified at any stage of CeraVe's history.
- L'Oréal S.A.'s own shareholder structure (Bettencourt Meyers family and Nestlé as major shareholders) is publicly documented but does not affect CeraVe's classification as a corporate subsidiary of a public company.