Global Cosmetics News is saddened to learn that, after severe illness, Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell died surrounded by family, on January 21, in Houston, US.

“Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell leaves his wife Mary and four grown-up children. Under his leadership that lasted almost 40 years the global company Faber-Castell has advanced to an international premium brand as well as one of the leading producers of cosmetic pencils,” said the company in a statement.

“Until the very end his work and his passion were directed towards his family, the company and his employees. The management and staff mourn a model businessman, whom we both admired as an extraordinary entrepreneur and a farsighted personality, and who above all was a role model as a fellow human being to us.”

Our thoughts are with all those Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell leaves behind.