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Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder Companies · Queens, USA

Door-to-door demoer who invented the gift-with-purchase and turned department-store counters into a global empire.

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Journey

Moves that mattered.

  1. 1946
    Founded Estée Lauder with four products and her husband.
  2. 1953
    Launched Youth Dew — a bath oil sold as perfume.
  3. 1968
    Created Clinique — first allergy-tested cosmetics line.
  4. 1995
    Company IPOs at $1.8B valuation.
Struggles

Jewish woman locked out of WASP-owned counters at Saks for years.

Family

Married Joseph Lauder twice — divorced and remarried him.

The full story

Estée Lauder, in 1 chapters.

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    The story

    Door-to-door demoer who invented the gift-with-purchase and turned department-store counters into a global empire.

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