Sundial Brands
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Beauty and personal-care company founded 1991 by Richelieu Dennis, Mary Dennis, and Nyema Tubman; flagship brand SheaMoisture; acquired by Unilever in 2017.
Notes
RELP109 new supporting entity (2026-10-06): created to ground relationships/claims of the batch focal entities.
Relationships
- Richelieu Dennis — founded by
Sundial Brands was founded in 1991 by Richelieu Dennis with his mother Mary Dennis and Nyema Tubman.
Sources
- Adweek - Richelieu Dennis Beacon Award profile
- Everything-PR - Richelieu Dennis entrepreneur profile
Record CTL-E-4713 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 2 sources · 1 mapped relationship · CTL research: RELP-001.
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