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Author Lauder, Leonard A., author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
©2020

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY LAUDER    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 423 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-410) and index.
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 "Former CEO of Estée Lauder, Leonard Lauder, shares the business and life lessons he learned while turning the company his mother founded into a multi-billion dollar enterprise"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Estée Lauder, Inc. -- History.
Cosmetics industry -- United States -- History.
Perfumes industry -- United States -- History.
Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
Businesswomen -- United States -- Biography.
Lauder, Estée.
Lauder, Leonard A.
Lauder, Estée. (OCoLC)fst00158578
Lauder, Leonard A. (OCoLC)fst00202460
Estée Lauder, Inc. (OCoLC)fst00604082
Businessmen. (OCoLC)fst00842951
Businesswomen. (OCoLC)fst00843013
Cosmetics industry. (OCoLC)fst00880532
Perfumes industry. (OCoLC)fst01057982
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Lauder, Leonard A., The company I keep New York : Harper Business, 2020. 9780062990952 (DLC) 2020033318
ISBN 9780062990945 (hardcover)
0062990942 (hardcover)
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