{"product_id":"the-company-i-keep-my-life-in-beauty","title":"The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his\u003cbr\u003emuch-anticipated memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Company I Keep: My Life in\u003cbr\u003eBeauty\u003c\/em\u003e, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder\u003cbr\u003eCompanies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as\u003cbr\u003ewell as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop business\u003cbr\u003ehis mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand and\u003cbr\u003eultimately into the iconic global prestige beauty company it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its infancy in\u003cbr\u003ethe 1940s and 50s, the company comprised a handful of products, sold under a\u003cbr\u003esingle brand in just a few prestigious department stores across the United\u003cbr\u003eStates. Today, The Estée Lauder Companies constitutes one of the world's\u003cbr\u003eleading manufacturers and marketers of prestige skin care, makeup, fragrance\u003cbr\u003eand hair care products. It comprises more than 25 brands, whose products are\u003cbr\u003esold in over 150 countries and territories. This growth and success was led by\u003cbr\u003eLeonard A. Lauder, Estée Lauder's oldest son, who envisioned and effected this\u003cbr\u003eexpansion during a remarkable 60-year tenure, including leading the company as\u003cbr\u003eCEO and Chairman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this captivating\u003cbr\u003epersonal account complete with great stories as only he can tell them, Mr.\u003cbr\u003eLauder, now known as The Estée Lauder Companies' \"Chief Teaching Officer,\"\u003cbr\u003ereflects on his childhood, growing up during the Great Depression, the vibrant decades of\u003cbr\u003ethe post-World War II boom, and his work growing the company into the beauty\u003cbr\u003epowerhouse it is today. Mr. Lauder pays loving tribute to his mother\u003cbr\u003eEstée Lauder, its eponymous founder, and to the employees of the company, both past and present, while sharing inside\u003cbr\u003estories about the company, including tales of cutthroat rivalry with Charles\u003cbr\u003eRevson of Revlon and others. The book offers keen insights on honing ambition, \u003cbr\u003eleveraging success, learning from mistakes, and growing an international\u003cbr\u003ecompany in an age of economic turbulence, uncertainty, and fierce competition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944267710695,"sku":"9780062990945","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_7ac2ce53-722c-4128-b94f-c9406603127e.jpg?v=1775357328","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-company-i-keep-my-life-in-beauty","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}