From the archives: Leonard Lauder on Estée Lauder, mother and icon

Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus and former CEO of the global beauty behemoth Estée Lauder Companies, died Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the age of 92. In 2020 he spoke with “Sunday Morning” correspondent Alina Cho about his memoir, "The Company I Keep," and about his mother, Estée Lauder, a woman who founded a cosmetics empire in her kitchen.

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