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Founded by hairdresser and beauty professional, Franz Stroher, Wella Company is an innovative global leader in the beauty industry that combines 140+ years of earned wisdom and industry experience with the high-growth momentum of a rising independent company comprised of a family of iconic brands.
Franz Ströher (born 21 February 1854 in Oberwiesenthal; died 1936 in Germany) was a German hairdresser and businessman. Life. Franz Ströher worked as a hairdresser in Saxony. German Company Wella was founded in 1880 by him. The company Wella originally made tulles, the base used for making wigs.
Wella was founded in 1880 by Franz Ströher, a hairdresser from Saxony, Eastern Germany. The company originally made tulles, the base used for making wigs. In 1890, he invented the Tullemoid Waterproof, a technique that allowed the scalp to breathe.
In 1880, at the age of 26, the hairdresser Franz Ströher, the grand- and great-grandfather of today's generations of owners, founded a company for the production and distribution of artificial hair in the Saxon Vogtland.
During the days of the German Empire Franz Ströher, a well-travelled 26-year-old hairdresser, starts up a small family business to make toupees, plaits and hair pieces from real hair. In 1900 he comes up with a revolutionary invention, the Tüllemoid waterproof.
Sep 12, 2021 · Wella was founded by Franz Ströher in Germany in 1880. The Ströher family sold its 80 per cent stake in 2003 to Procter & Gamble, which then sold Wella to Coty in 2016.
Founded in 1880 by Franz Ströher, Wella specialises in haircare, styling and colorants sold to individuals as well as hairdressers. It was controlled by Procter & Gamble from 2003 until it was sold to Coty in 2015 along with some 40 other P&G brands.
