Estée Lauder (person)

Infobox Person
name = Estée Lauder

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caption = Estée Lauder with a customer (1966)
birth_name = Josephine Esther Mentzer
birth_date = birth date|1906|7|1|mf=y
birth_place = Corona, Queens, New York
death_date = death date and age|2004|4|24|1906|7|1|mf=y
death_place = Manhattan, New York
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nationality = American

Estée Lauder (July 1, 1906 [ born in 1906 per her own family; also see [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/27/db2701.xml] , [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0771960.html] , [http://www.financial-inspiration.com/Estee-Lauder-biography.html] ] – April 24, 2004) was the American co-founder, with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company.

Biography

She was born Josephine Esther Mentzer in Corona, Queens, New York, the daughter of a French Catholic/Hungarian Jewish mother and a Czechoslovak father. 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 Lauder in 1930. They had two sons. Estée divorced Joseph in 1939, and re-married him in 1942. The couple remained married thereafter until his death in 1982. The Lauder family changed their surname to "Lauder" in the late 1930s. Estée 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.

Lauder died in her Manhattan residence of cardiopulmonary arrest, aged 97. [cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/12/national/main611403.shtml|title=Cosmetics Mogul Estee Lauder Dies|date=2004-04-25|publisher=cbsnews.com|accessdate=2008-08-08]

References

External links

* [http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/lauder.html "Time" magazine profile]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/25/estee.lauder/index.html CNN report of passing]
* [http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/476:271/1/Estee_Lauder.htm Biography channel profile]
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Persondata
NAME= Lauder, Estée
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Mentzer, Josephine Esther
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Cosmetics company co-founder
DATE OF BIRTH= July 1, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH= Corona, Queens, New York
DATE OF DEATH= April 24, 2004
PLACE OF DEATH= Manhattan, New York