Yellow Wood Partners

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Boston, MA

Sales: $1.5 billion

www.yellowwoodpartners.com

Key Personnel: Dana Schmaltz, founder and partner; Alfie Vivian, chief executive officer

Major Products: Personal care products. Brands include Alberto Balsam, Amopé, Bed Head, Brut, Byoma, Caress, Chapstick, Dr. Scholl’s, EcoTools, Eulactol, Freeman, Impulse, Isle of Paradise, Krack, Monsavon, Noxzema, Palm Perfect, Pond’s, Plum Beauty, PlusOne, Real Techniques, St. Ives, Suave, Tan Luxe, Tanologist, Timotei, VO5

New Products: Chapstick—Honey Nourish collection, Dr. Scholl’s—Adapts To You, Freeman—Moisture Mask face set, Impulse—Signature Collection, Suave Relaunch. To be launched: Suave Bonding Infusion Collection

Comments: Yellow Wood Partners owns some of the best-known brands in the personal care business. 

Yellow Wood’s 2024 investments included Q-tips, the No. 1 cotton products brand. In March 2025, the cotton swab made Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Loved Brands.

To capitalize on consumers’ appetite for dupes, Yellow Wood relaunched Suave shampoos and conditioners.

“We saw the early seeds of [the drugstore hair-care shopping trend], but honestly, it’s just a bit of luck,” Rachel Behm, SVP-marketing, Suave Brands, told Glossy. “It’s been a nice surprise that we’re so happy to be a part of.”

Next up? Bonding Infusion Collection, which carries the tagline “working as well as Olaplex.”

According to Behm, at least 90% of Americans know the Suave brand.

Last year represented the first full-year results that included Elida Beauty, the $900 million business includes brands like Q-Tips, Impulse, Caress, Tigi, Timotei, Monsavon, Brut, Moussel, Alberto Balsam and VO5.

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Yearly results

Sales: 1.5 Billion

Yellow Wood
Partners

Boston, MA

www.yellowwoodpartners.com

Sales: $1.5 billion

Key Personnel: Dana Schmaltz, founder and partner; Alfie Vivian, chief executive officer

Major Products: Personal care products. Brands include Alberto Balsam, Amopé, Bed Head, Brut, Byoma, Caress, Chapstick, Dr. Scholl’s, EcoTools, Eulactol, Freeman, Impulse, Isle of Paradise, Krack, Monsavon, Noxzema, Palm Perfect, Pond’s, Plum Beauty, PlusOne, Real Techniques, St. Ives, Suave, Tan Luxe, Tanologist, Timotei, VO5

New Products: Chapstick—Honey Nourish collection, Dr. Scholl’s—Adapts To You, Freeman—Moisture Mask face set, Impulse—Signature Collection, Suave Relaunch. To be launched: Suave Bonding Infusion Collection

Comments: Yellow Wood Partners owns some of the best-known brands in the personal care business.

Yellow Wood’s 2024 investments included Q-Tips, the No. 1 cotton products brand. In March 2025, the cotton swab made Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Loved Brands.

To capitalize on consumers’ appetite for dupes, Yellow Wood relaunched Suave shampoos and conditioners.

“We saw the early seeds of [the drugstore hair-care shopping trend], but honestly, it’s just a bit of luck,” Rachel Behm, SVP-marketing, Suave Brands, told Glossy. “It’s been a nice surprise that we’re so happy to be a part of.”

Next up? Bonding Infusion Collection, which carries the tagline “working as well as Olaplex.”

According to Behm, at least 90% of Americans know the Suave brand.

Last year represented the first full-year results that included Elida Beauty, the $900 million business includes brands like Q-Tips, Impulse, Caress, Tigi, Timotei, Monsavon, Brut, Moussel, Alberto Balsam and VO5.

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