The company I keep : my life in beauty / Leonard A. Lauder.

By: Lauder, Leonard A [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York] : Harper Business, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 423 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062990945 (hardback)Subject(s): Lauder, Leonard A | Lauder, Estée | Lauder, Est©♭e | Lauder, Estee | Lauder, Estée | Lauder, Leonard A | Estée Lauder, Inc -- History | Estée Lauder, Inc | Est©♭e Lauder, Inc -- History | Estee Lauder, Inc -- History | Estée Lauder, Inc -- History | Cosmetics industry | Perfumes industry | Businessmen | Businesswomen | Autobiographies | Biographies | Chief executive officers -- United States -- Biography | Businesswomen -- United States -- Biography | Businessmen -- United States -- Biography | Cosmetics industry -- United States -- History | Perfumes industry -- United States -- History | United StatesGenre/Form: History. | Autobiographies. | Biographies. | Autobiographies. | Biographies. Additional physical formats: Online version: The company I keepDDC classification: 338.7/66855 LOC classification: HD9999.P3932 | L378 2020
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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