Leonard Lauder, who expanded his Jewish family’s business into a cosmetics empire, dies at 92
Lauder “was the driving force behind The Estée Lauder Companies’ international expansion,” the company said in a statement announcing his death.
Under Leonard Lauder's leadership, Estée Lauder Companies would grow into a global empire with a portfolio that includes Clinique, La Mer, The Ordinary, MAC Cosmetics and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.(photo credit: Estee Lauder Companies VIA JTA)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA