{{Short description|South Korean beauty and cosmetics conglomerate}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Amorepacific Corporation | native_name = 주식회사 아모레퍼시픽 | logo = frameless|class=skin-invert | traded_as = {{kse|090430}} | image = | image_caption = Amorepacific HQ, Seoul | founder = Suh Sung-whan | key_people = Suh Kyung-bae (Chairperson), Seunghwan Kim (CEO) | industry = {{Unbulleted list|Cosmetics|Perfume}} | products = | revenue = {{increase}} KRW 4.25 trillion {{small | (2025)}}<ref name="apgroup.com">{{cite web |url=http://m.yakup.com/news/index.html?mode=view&nid=307675#:~:text=약업신문%20자매지%20화장품신문,억원%20대비%2064.0%25%20성장했다. |script-title=ko:[약업신문][기업분석] 아모레퍼시픽G 2024년 해외 매출, 미주지역이 중국 앞질러 |language=ko |website=yakup.com |access-date=2025-06-06}}</ref> | operating_income = {{increase}} KRW 335.8 billion {{small |(2025)}}<ref name="apgroup.com"/> | net_income = {{increase}} KRW 247.3 billion {{small |(2025)}}<ref name="apgroup.com"/> | assets = {{increase}} KRW 6.96 trillion {{small |(2025)}}<ref name="apgroup.com"/> | equity = {{increase}} KRW 5.50 trillion {{small |(2025)}}<ref name="apgroup.com"/> | website = {{URL|https://www.apgroup.com}} | foundation = {{start date and age|1945|9|5|df=y}} <br> as Pacific Chemical Co. Ltd. | location = Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea }}
'''Amorepacific Corporation''' ({{Korean |hangul=주식회사 아모레퍼시픽}}) is a South Korean beauty and cosmetics chaebol, operating more than 30 beauty, personal care, and health brands including Sulwhasoo, Laneige, Etude, Aestura, Cosrx, AP Beauty, and Innisfree.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ming|first=Christine Tan, Cheang|date=2017-05-26|title=South Korean beauty brand Amorepacific looks to global expansion|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/south-korean-beauty-brand-amorepacific-looks-to-global-expansion.html|access-date=2020-04-30|website=CNBC|language=en|archive-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226053425/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/south-korean-beauty-brand-amorepacific-looks-to-global-expansion.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The firm was founded in 1945 by Sungwhan Suh and currently managed by Kyungbae Suh, the son of the founder. It is the largest cosmetics company in South Korea and one of the ten largest cosmetics companies in the world.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracechung/2015/08/19/how-south-koreas-amorepacific-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-companies/#3374cd2e689c|title=How South Korea's AmorePacific Became One Of The World's Most Innovative Companies|last=Chung|first=Grace|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=2016-11-20|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222211803/https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracechung/2015/08/19/how-south-koreas-amorepacific-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-companies/#3374cd2e689c|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brands {{!}} Amorepacific|url=https://www.apgroup.com/int/en/brands/brands.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.apgroup.com|archive-date=2021-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614145019/https://www.apgroup.com/int/en/brands/brands.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History== The company originated back in the 1930s, when Madame Dokjeong Yun began selling camellia oil in the village of Kaesong. Her second son, Sungwhan Suh, took over the business in 1945 and transformed the firm into a cosmetics chaebol, naming it "Taepyeongyang (meaning Pacific Ocean in Korean)".<ref name=":0"/>
Sungwhan Suh handed the company over to his second son Kyungbae Suh in 1997.<ref name=":0"/> Suh rebranded the firm into multi brands company to target the global market and turned the company into a chaebol giant that manages dozens of cosmetics brands.
In 2000, the company established the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation. In 2002, the company was renamed Amorepacific. Four years later, the holding company Amorepacific Group was founded. In 2010, the company built a second R&D center. Forbes named Amorepacific one of the most innovative companies in the world.<ref>{{Citation |title=Amorepacific Headquarters, Seoul, KR |date=2019-12-31 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.11129/9783955534677-004 |work=David Chipperfield Architects |pages=26–41 |publisher=DETAIL |doi=10.11129/9783955534677-004 |isbn=9783955534677 |s2cid=242351683 |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418182648/https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.11129/9783955534677-004/html |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In 2018, Amorepacific opened its Global Headquarters in Yongsan, on the same site where the foundation of the business was built in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Amorepacific |url=https://www.apgroup.com/int/en/about-us/amorepacific/our-history/our-history.html |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=www.apgroup.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2025, the holding company Amorepacific Group was renamed Amorepacific Holdings. In time for the company's 80th anniversary the same year, the company declared its mid-to-long-term vision for 2035 and strategies to become a global leader in beauty and wellness under the vision slogan "Create New Beauty."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amorepacific Group Marks 80th Anniversary: Unveils New Vision Slogan "Create New Beauty" {{!}} Amorepacific |url=https://www.apgroup.com/int/en/news/2025-09-08-1.html |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=www.apgroup.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Brands== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Aestura<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amorepacific.com/int/en/brands.html|title=Brands {{!}} Amorepacific|website=www.amorepacific.com|access-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119070210/http://www.amorepacific.com/int/en/brands.html|archive-date=2016-11-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Amos Professional * AP Beauty * Ayunche * B.Ready * COSRX * Espoir * Etude House * Gentist * Hanyul * Happy Bath * HERA * Holitual * ILLIYOON * Innisfree * IOPE * Laneige * Labo H * Longtake * makeOn * Mamonde * Median * Mise-en-Scène * Odyssey * Osulloc * Primera * Ryo * Skin U * Sulwhasoo * Tata Harper * Vital Beautie {{div col end}}
In 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s Madrid Yearly Review ranked Amorepacific Corporation's number of marks applications filled under the Madrid System as 7th in the world, with 96 trademarks applications submitted during 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madrid Yearly Review 2025 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-940-2025-en-madrid-yearly-review-2025.pdf |page=}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Companies|South Korea}} * Pacific Park Villart * K-beauty
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==External links== {{Commons category|Amorepacific}} * {{Official website|https://www.apgroup.com/int/en/index.html}} {{Finance links | name = Amorepacific | google= 090430:KRX | yahoo = 090430.KS | bloomberg = 090430:KS | reuters = 090430.KS }} {{Finance links | name = Amorepacific Group | google = 002790:KRX | yahoo = 002790.KS | bloomberg = 002790:KS | reuters = 002790.KS }}
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