Looking back on the life and legacy of billionaire cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder


By AGENCY
  • Beauty
  • Monday, 16 Jun 2025

A 2019 file picture shows Leonard Lauder speaking onstage during the Lincoln Center Corporate Fashion Gala. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Leonard Lauder, who built Estee Lauder Companies into one of the world’s biggest cosmetics makers and catapulted himself into the top echelon of wealthiest New Yorkers, has died. He was 92.

Lauder died on June 14 surrounded by family, according to a statement by Estee Lauder.

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