Estee Lauder, born Josephine Ester Mentzer, is a somewhat mysterious figure in that little is known of her formative years.Estée Lauder (born July 1, 1906–died April 24, 2004) was the American co-founder, with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company.
Estee Lauder was created in 1935. Her older son, Leonard Lauder, was chief executive of Estée Lauder and is now chairman of the board. Her younger son, Ronald Lauder, is a prominent philanthropist, a Republican political appointee in the Reagan administration, and developer of property in Berlin, among other endeavors.
The cosmetics industry, and the world, would not be the same without the perceptive and relentless business genius who was able to provide for the fashionable tastes of generation after generation of consumers all over the world.
Today, Estee Lauder has become the largest privately owned Cosmetics Company in the world with sales well in excess of one billion dollars.
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