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Estée Lauder

1906 - 2004

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Estée Lauder ( EST-ay LAW-dər; born Josephine Esther Mentzer; July 1, 1908 – April 24, 2004) was an American businesswoman. She co-founded her eponymous cosmetics company with her husband, Joseph Lauter (later Lauder). Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Estée Lauder is the 26th most popular businessperson (up from 85th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from United States (up from 940th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Businessperson.

Estée Lauder is a beauty company that was founded by Estée Lauder in 1946. The company is most famous for its skincare products, such as the iconic Origins line.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Estée Lauder ranks 26 out of 847. Before her are Ferruccio Lamborghini, Bernard Arnault, Tim Cook, Fred Trump, William Boeing, and Jeffrey Epstein. After her are Steve Ballmer, Lee Byung-chul, Amancio Ortega, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Ludwig Erhard, and P. T. Barnum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Estée Lauder ranks 18. Before her are Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Luchino Visconti, Emmanuel Levinas, Josephine Baker, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After her are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Billy Wilder, Henri Charrière, Vladimir Prelog, Ernst Ruska, and Albert Hofmann. Among people deceased in 2004, Estée Lauder ranks 8. Before her are Yasser Arafat, Marlon Brando, Jacques Derrida, Ahmed Yassin, Juliana of the Netherlands, and Ray Charles. After her are Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Crick, Peter Ustinov, and P. V. Narasimha Rao.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Estée Lauder ranks 299 out of 20,380. Before her are Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Pete Conrad (1930), and Axl Rose (1962). After her are George Shultz (1920), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), and Leon Czolgosz (1873).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Estée Lauder ranks 13. Before her are Vince McMahon (1945), Robert McNamara (1916), Tim Cook (1960), Fred Trump (1905), William Boeing (1881), and Jeffrey Epstein (1953). After her are Steve Ballmer (1956), P. T. Barnum (1810), Margaret Hamilton (1936), Linda McMahon (1948), Colonel Sanders (1890), and Robert Kiyosaki (1947).

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