TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lauder,Leonard A.
TI  - The company I keep: my life in beauty 
SN  - 9780062990945 (hardback)
AV  - HD9999.P3932 L378 2020
U1  - 338.7/66855 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - [New York]
PB  - Harper Business
KW  - Lauder, Leonard A.
KW  - Lauder, Estée.
KW  - Lauder, Est©♭e.
KW  - Lauder, Estee.
KW  - Estée Lauder, Inc
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Est©♭e Lauder, Inc
KW  - Estee Lauder, Inc
KW  - Cosmetics industry
KW  - Perfumes industry
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - Businesswomen
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Chief executive officers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: A family affair. "Fiddling with other people's faces" ; "Telephone. Telegraph. Tell-a-woman." ; "Beauty is your duty" ; Saks appeal ; "She's giving away the whole business!" ; "You should be a chemist" ; "The Navy gave me a Ph.D. in hands-on leadership" -- Part II: Follow the Lauder. "I have so many good ideas!" ; "The Evie and Lenny show" ; First to market always wins ; The Revlon wars ; "It takes a thief" -- Part III: The metamorphosis of beauty. The golden decade ; The Lancôme wars ; "A family in business" ; A controversial decision -- Part IV: The collector's art. The three "O's" ; "Trees don't grow to the sky" -- Part V: "I could make a difference". The pied piper of playgrounds ; Preparing for a global future ; Validating a vision for medical breakthroughs ; Transforming museums ; My legacy: transforming people -- Afterword. A second chance at love
N2  - Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus and former CEO of the Estée Lauder companies, shares the business and life lessons he learned and the adventures he had while helping to transform the business that his mother founded in 1946 into an iconic and beloved brand. He pays loving tribute to his mother Estée Lauder and to the employees of the company, both past and present, while sharing inside stories about the company, including tales of cutthroat rivalry with Revlon and others
ER  -