Founded by Dr Richard Caleel in 1997. Chosen by clinics worldwide - for over 25 years.

Founded in 1997 by Dr Richard Caleel.

Glo began in Dr Richard Caleel's surgical practice in Denver, Colorado, in 1997. He was a cosmetic surgeon, and he kept noticing the same pattern. His patients' skin responded beautifully to clinical-grade peels in the treatment room, then lost ground at home with whatever they could find at a beauty counter. He set out to close that gap: formulations clean enough to trust, and active at the concentrations the science actually supports. He built the company with Mark Hayden, and the professional channel has been Glo's home ever since. You have never found Glo in a department store. That was always the point.

For its first two decades Glo grew as a family of professional lines. glominerals, the mineral makeup that made the name. glotherapeutics, the clinical skincare and peels that carried Dr Caleel's original intent. In July 2017 they were brought together as a single brand, Glo Skin Beauty, so the makeup and the skincare finally told one story rather than three. The formulations, and the clinical thinking behind them, carried straight through.

Glo has changed ownership only a handful of times, and always to owners who chose to nurture the brand rather than trade it. North Castle Partners backed its growth from 2006. Swander Pace Capital, a consumer-focused investor, then held Glo for more than a decade, an unusually long and patient commitment in an industry that tends to move faster. In 2026 Glo passed to KYT Group, an operator-led company founded by two consumer-brand builders, Kurt Kober, now Glo's chief executive, formerly of The Honest Company and Clorox, and Michael Yanover. Through every chapter the same things have been kept intact: the efficacy of the formulations, the science-led approach, the professional-only channel, and the integrity of the brand Dr Caleel started.