The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty

The former CEO of The Estee Lauder Companies, Leonard A. Lauder, shares the business and life lessons he learned while turning the mom-and-pop company his mother founded into a multi-billion-dollar empire. In 1958, the Estee Lauder company sold only a few products under one brand in just a handful of prestigious department stores across the United States and had annual revenues of about $800,000. Today, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of prestige skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, with annual sales more than $14 billion. It has more than 25 brands, and its products are sold in over 150 countries and territories. That's due to Leonard A. Lauder, Estee Lauder's oldest son, who envisioned and effected this expansion during a remarkable 60-year tenure, including leading the company as CEO and Chairman. In this engrossing memoir, the leader now known as Estee Lauder's "Chief Teaching Officer," reflects on growing up with the company, from the struggles of the Great Depression and the heady decades of the post-World War II boom through the cutthroat rivalry with Revlon and L'Oreal and today's global challenges. Lauder shares inside stories about the company and pays loving tribute to his mother, the eponymous founder, and offers keen insights on achieving success, learning from mistakes, and growing an international company in an age of economic turbulence, uncertainty, and fierce competition.

Product details

• Authors: Leonard A. Lauder
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780062990945
• ISBN: 978-0-06-299094-5
• No. of pages: 423
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Personal finance, Management: leadership and motivation, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Office and workplace, Cosmetics, hair and beauty, Management and management techniques, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Leadership, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Entrepreneurship, HEALTH & FITNESS: Beauty & Grooming, MANAGEMENT: LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT: BUSINESS HISTORY, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups