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0.0Beauty & Personal Care
One of the clearest 'Canadian-born, foreign-owned' cases in the category: MAC was founded in Toronto in 1984 and is now a wholly owned Estee Lauder brand, with 34 stores across Canada today.
Ownership
Parent company
MAC Cosmetics
Nationality
Toronto-founded (1984), wholly owned subsidiary of The Estee Lauder Companies (US) since 1998
Voting control
0% Canadian (exact)
Operating model
corporate
Manufacturing
0% Canadian-made
History
Founded 1984 in Toronto by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo; acquired by Estee Lauder in stages, fully owned by 1998.
Last verified
2026-09-16