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Has the media been wrong about Peter
Revson’s ‘heir’ status for decades? It seems so...
In F1 Retro, August 2023, page 33, Peter Revson is referred as “the heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune”.
This is a statement repeated during Revson’s entire racing career by the media, but was never correct. While he was a Revson, Peter’s father split his interest in the Revlon firm very early from his brothers Charles and Joseph in 1958 and had no equity in Revlon. Charles and Joseph Revson ran Revlon subsequently into an empire, but Peter’s father was not involved. He ran Del Laboratories and lived to an incredible 105 before dying in 2016. Interestingly, Martin Revson left Revlon over ethical concerns of how the company was marketing to women.
The media loved the playboy heir story so much they ignored the reality and it persisted through Revson’s career, despite Revson’s attempts to correct this myth repeatedly in interviews.
RAY TRUANT, HAMILTON, CANADA
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