ESTéE LAUDER
Name: Estee Lauder
Born: 1 July 1906
Died: 24 April 2004
Estee Lauder (born July 1, 1906 - died April 24, 2004) was the co-founder,
with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estee Lauder Companies, a pioneering
cosmetics company. She was born Josephine Esther Mentzer in Corona, Queens, New
York, the daughter of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. She was the only woman on
Time magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th
century. She was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She married Joseph Lauter in 1930. They had two sons. Estee divorced Joseph in
1939, and re-married him in 1942. The couple remained married thereafter until
his death in 1982. The Lauter family changed their surname to "Lauder" in the
late 1930s. Her older son, Leonard Lauder, was chief executive of Estee 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.
Lauder died in her Manhattan residence of cardiopulmonary failure, aged 97.
Name: Estee Lauder
Born: 1 July 1906
Died: 24 April 2004
Estee Lauder (born July 1, 1906 - died April 24, 2004) was the co-founder,
with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estee Lauder Companies, a pioneering
cosmetics company. She was born Josephine Esther Mentzer in Corona, Queens, New
York, the daughter of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. She was the only woman on
Time magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th
century. She was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She married Joseph Lauter in 1930. They had two sons. Estee divorced Joseph in
1939, and re-married him in 1942. The couple remained married thereafter until
his death in 1982. The Lauter family changed their surname to "Lauder" in the
late 1930s. Her older son, Leonard Lauder, was chief executive of Estee 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.
Lauder died in her Manhattan residence of cardiopulmonary failure, aged 97.