Olay (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Olay (known until 1999 as Oil of Olay in South Africa and North America and Oil of Ulay in the United Kingdom) is the top facial skin care retail brand in the world, and is one of Procter & Gamble's multi-billion dollar brands. For the 2009 fiscal year ended June 30, Olay accounted for an estimated $2.8 billion of P&G's $79 billion in revenue. Olay originated in South Africa as Oil of Olay. Graham Wulff (1916-2008), an ex-Unilever chemist from Durban, started it in 1949. The name "Oil of Olay" was chosen by Wulff as a spin on the word "lanolin," a key ingredient.