Frédéric Rozé holds one of the highest positions is one of the biggest companies in the United State and even the world. He is the President and CEO of L’Oréal USA and Executive Vice-President of North and South America. L’Oréal is not just a big name hair product company, it is also one of the biggest holding companies in the world, like Nestle, PepsiCo, and Coca Cola. Having been with the L’Oréal Group for over 30 years, Rozé has held various positions for some of the company’s Consumer Product brands.

Personally, I find the L’Oréal executives to be interesting people because not only do they run the worlds biggest hair product company, but they also run plenty of other major companies. These people are those powerful business people who you always hear about but never see. They don’t make themselves public figures like some of the CEO’s here in Silicon Valley so much less is known about them. As someone who is aspiring to work my way up to hold positions like Frédéric Rozé, I would love the opportunity to pick his brain about how he got to where he is.

1. What inspired you to choose this career path?
2. What are some of the biggest challenges you faced early in your career?
3. When did you know you wanted this position?
4. What did you do to achieve this position?
5. If you could go back and do things differently, what would it be?
6. What advice would you give to someone who is pursuing a similar position?