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Estee Lauder

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Estee Lauder · Economics & Business

What

Cosmetics entrepreneur (born Josephine Esther Mentzer), co-founder of Estee Lauder Companies

When

1908, Queens, New York City, USA — 2004, Manhattan, New York City, USA

Where

United States

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Biography

Estee Lauder is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Cosmetics entrepreneur (born Josephine Esther Mentzer), co-founder of Estee Lauder Companies

How & why

Estée Lauder (born Josephine Esther Mentzer) co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies in 1946 and built it into one of the world's largest cosmetics empires, pioneering the free-sample and 'gift with purchase' marketing that reshaped the beauty industry. She was the only woman on Time's 1998 list of the twenty most influential business geniuses of the century. She was born in New York to Jewish immigrant parents from Hungary and the Czech lands.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A9e_Lauder

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Cosmetics entrepreneur (born Josephine Esther Mentzer), co-founder of Estee Lauder Companies

1946

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A9e_Lauder