Joanne Lesley Malone CBE (born 5 November 1963) is a British perfumer and founder of the companies Jo Malone London and Jo Loves.
Malone was born on 5 November 1963,[1][2] and grew up in a council house in Bexleyheath, South East London.
She had severe dyslexia, and left school aged 13 to care for her mother, who had a stroke.
[6] In 2015, she was a castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
[7] Malone is married to former surveyor Gary Willcox, and they have a son together.