Leonard Lauder on Estée Lauder, as mother and icon

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • The chairman emeritus and former CEO of the global beauty behemoth Estée Lauder Companies talks with correspondent Alina Cho about his new memoir, "The Company I Keep," a book that is equal parts biography, business tome, philanthropy, and tribute to his mother, Estée Lauder (a woman who founded a cosmetics empire in her kitchen), and all the wisdom he's picked up along the way.
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Komentáře • 110

  • @nitanice
    @nitanice Před 3 lety +63

    My aunt has worked for the Lauders for entire career. My cousin was the graphic designer of one of their lines, and an ex-boyfriend was the family's ski instructor. Leonard and their whole family are intelligent, hard-working, kind and down to earth. Great interview. Extremely nice man and nice family. :-)

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety

      Yes , the son looks like a really decent and kind person ... do you have any stories for us .

    • @nitanice
      @nitanice Před 3 lety +6

      @@gardensofthegods just one. Leonard left his phone in my boyfriend's car (boyfriend was his ski instructor in Aspen) He called and asked if I could return the phone. Ugh. Yes. 25 mile drive, but I did. It was somewhere between 1992 and 1994. I got to his house. He poured a glass of wine that he said he would later share with his guests. He said it was going to be an interesting night because 10 billionaires would be around the dinner table that night, a rare event in that year.
      He gave me a glass of wine that ten billionaires would also share that night. He appreciated that it was a slog for me to return his phone. He thanked me in a meaningful way, shared a story of the night to come, gave me a taste of wine I could never afford. Leonard was just nice to me in a very human and meaningful, normal way. I understood in that moment why my aunt had worked for his family for her whole career. Nice family. Very nice, normal people.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety +4

      @@nitanice Very nice story , and quite fascinating , thank you .
      Those expensive rare vintage wines are like real medicine . I didn't really understand about the wine mystique decades ago until somebody gave us a small amount of a rare aged Bordeaux ... about a half-hour later we felt as if we've been given some kind of magical Elixir of Life . Even many wine drinkers will never have that experience ... especially like YOUR experience .

    • @nitanice
      @nitanice Před 3 lety +2

      @@gardensofthegods He's just a good egg. Just a kind person as far as my experience with him. Glad I could share a story of kindness. :-) I try to pay it forward. Hope you do, too.

    • @nitanice
      @nitanice Před 3 lety

      @@gardensofthegods err..umm...I didn't even have that experience. Leonard was so excited that this was kind of a first and that he was so excited AND was sharing the wine with me -- I wish I could remember that wine, but I don't. I just remember Leonard being excited and trying to share the moment with me. That's what was sweet. :-)

  • @soniatriana9091
    @soniatriana9091 Před 3 lety +60

    Mr Lauder comes across as a gentleman, estute businessman, philanthropist, wonderful husband, devoted son, and a kind human being! He’s definitely a tribute to his family’s legacy!

    • @smartyyoung7319
      @smartyyoung7319 Před 3 lety +3

      Well, you never know. It may just be something he's trying to sell to you.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety

      Yeah , I also thought he looked very kind .

  • @PLS.54
    @PLS.54 Před 3 lety +52

    He’s from the lost generation of sincerity, and honesty.

  • @ellerygordon2808
    @ellerygordon2808 Před 3 lety +25

    Leonard Lauder is the embodiment of everything good and decent you could hope for in a human being. My wife has known him for nearly fifty years and I for thirty-two. If ever I say anything wrong she admonishes me by saying;”Would Leonard say that?”

  • @marubione
    @marubione Před 3 lety +25

    I met the amazing Estee Lauder many years ago. I was a young art director traveling to New York for a some sort of business trip - I always hated them, because I usually had pages to design back home and those junkets seemed like a waste of my time. EXCEPT on this one evening where we all ended up in a tiny bar - don't remember the name of it. And there, sitting at a small table up against the wall was the doyenne, Estee. She was regal and sweet and very old even then, but so revered and obviously loved. She was very kind to me, I'm sure I was quite awkward. But I cherish that memory and when her son Leonard said he only wanted to be remembered for "listening...and for being kind..." I knew EXACTLY where that came from.

    • @patsylvest
      @patsylvest Před 3 lety +6

      Personal history like your experience are why I love the CZcams community. Thanks for sharing.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety

      @@patsylvest Yes , I agree and that's why it's very frustrating , if you look at the news outlets on CZcams from the U. K. because they will often disable the comments section ... same thing with the ones from Australia such as 60 Minutes ( Australia) .

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety

      Fascinating ... I can't believe that about the son , also because that was my first thought is he seems to be a very KIND person .

  • @ruthwhittingham4
    @ruthwhittingham4 Před 3 lety +5

    Working for Estée Lauder was some of the most exciting years of my life. Mrs Lauder was both a beauty icon and innovative business woman who will be always remembered.

  • @RyanHLee-nc7hg
    @RyanHLee-nc7hg Před 3 lety +40

    How wonderful-my great-great aunt was a friend of Estée Lauder.

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    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety

      Did she tell you any stories at all about her that you could share with us . My mom used Estee Lauder products ever since I could remember ... she was always very loyal to that brand .

  • @brooklynman558
    @brooklynman558 Před 3 lety +22

    i used to do tv commercials for them in the late 70's. my first job in television production.

  • @mindakahn9964
    @mindakahn9964 Před 3 lety +12

    I believe that you are measured by the people you develop. Leonard Lauder has touched a lot of lives in his career. It is amazing how one thought passed along can alter a person’s career.
    From a once very young department store buyer, thank you.

  • @julielarson3107
    @julielarson3107 Před 3 lety +24

    I was a makeup artist for Prescriptives (Ester Lauder owned). The line is no longer sold, unfortunately. We had a lot of training and they gave employees all of the skincare products you wanted. What a visionary Estee was.

    • @emerybayblues
      @emerybayblues Před 3 lety +5

      Prescriptives was a great line. As an African American, it was the first line at the high end where I could have color that make me chalky.

    • @mindakahn9964
      @mindakahn9964 Před 3 lety +3

      I loved that line.

    • @julielarson3107
      @julielarson3107 Před 3 lety +5

      @@emerybayblues right! We custom blended foundation for every woman. Still love Calyx, too. Wish they kept the custom line & their skincare line was the best. I used it all through my twenties & swear it’s why I have better skin at 60. All you Need!

    • @louiscaruso4167
      @louiscaruso4167 Před 3 lety +3

      Years ago I was the personal assistant to a woman who owned a jewelry store in Westchester County...she would send me to Bloomingdales in NY to pick up and purchase her Prescriptives products...on this one trip, Estee Lauder was in the store and I got to meet her...she was an elegant and most gracious woman...I can see EL in her son..what a fine gentleman he is...

    • @cindyann9571
      @cindyann9571 Před 3 lety +4

      Great line, missed!

  • @thegreatcatsby409
    @thegreatcatsby409 Před 3 lety +17

    He has a great youthful spirit!

  • @Virus-xm7qc
    @Virus-xm7qc Před 3 lety +6

    I worked for this company in the 80s in Melville, Long Island, and just loved it!!!

  • @karolinaleleniewski4334
    @karolinaleleniewski4334 Před 3 lety +32

    He is responsible for the whole beauty industry and everything good and bad that it had done. But he’s just a nice old man. I love that he got married again and he’s just a happy man trying to do nice things

  • @yankeeladee02
    @yankeeladee02 Před 3 lety +14

    Every Christmas growing-up, my Mom would buy my sisters and me, Estée Lauder make-up kits and our favorite perfumes. All of the EL perfumes instantly bring back all of my childhood memories. White Linen was my favorite as a tween. P.S. Her son is just adorable. 🤍

  • @someitaliangirl1129
    @someitaliangirl1129 Před 3 lety +15

    What a kind humanitarian. Estee Lauder was the first brand i used when i got a real job.

  • @louiscaruso4167
    @louiscaruso4167 Před 3 lety +7

    I love that he achieved all of the Estee Lauder products and memorabilia...

  • @lindaclark6541
    @lindaclark6541 Před 3 lety +8

    Loved Youth Dew. It was my first "grown up" perfume.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Před 3 lety +1

      My mom had that amongst her perfumes ever since I could remember

  • @4myearzonly
    @4myearzonly Před 3 lety +13

    He still visits the cosmetics counters annually

  • @BeeDay635
    @BeeDay635 Před 3 lety +12

    Leonard Lauder's mom must be really proud of him

  • @Tfontaine209
    @Tfontaine209 Před 3 lety +4

    I've been a Lauder devotee all my life as was my Mom..the best

  • @brianforbes8325
    @brianforbes8325 Před 3 lety +2

    My father is a retired ophthalmologist at Columbia University in NY, and Estee Lauder was a patient of his back in the 1990s. He said she was one of the nicest ladies he had ever met, and his son, Leonard, was nice, too. This CBS interview confirms that.

  • @MLatkinson
    @MLatkinson Před 3 lety +12

    He listened, and he was kind.

  • @tatianahecksher4462
    @tatianahecksher4462 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for making me feel beautiful.

  • @beth-elrawlings1679
    @beth-elrawlings1679 Před 3 lety +3

    And I was so honored to be a part of that family oh my goodness working for Estee Lauder was magnificent.
    And the reason why everyone has a gift of free gift with purchase is because of Mrs Estee Lauder. When she would come to someone home as a guest she will leave a little piece of her with them a cute little compact a sample of her cream, so that's how free gifts with purchase started because of her oh she's a magnificent I'm sorry was a magnificent woman oh my goodness. An extremely gracious.
    The first fragrance youth do all the story behind youth do is magnificent and how she got it in the stores. Pure genius

  • @chetraniranglall531
    @chetraniranglall531 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you Mr Lauder for sharing this beautiful legacy, it is truly an honor and pleasure to work for the Estée Lauder Companies. I am truly grateful everyday to work for such an incredible company, so kind, compassionate and generous. I love all my clients and helping them to feel and look beautiful. I want to thank you very much, I wish you the very best. Much love🙏🙏⭐️👍🙏❤️☝️🤗

  • @rhondasmith4900
    @rhondasmith4900 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow i really enjoyed this interview, what a nice person Mr. Lauder is and his wife so refreshing to hear something positive. I think it’s great that they got married at their age it’s called being committed to each other we need more of that in this world. Your mom and Dad raised you right! Love your products too! Be kind! We all could learn from this.

  • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
    @user-vm5ud4xw6n Před 3 lety +2

    My aunt used to have a cosmetics membership which sent her samples of different products probably every month or every other month. She always kept them and gave them out as little gifts. One year she gave me a small bar of Estee Lauder soap. I always kept it in the drawer with my under garments. The fragrance was wonderful. I still have that bar of soap and the little dish it came in. It was too pretty to use. I love the way it scents my drawer! Unfortunately the one fragrance I love (Youth Dew) doesn’t agree with the. However I enjoy Beautiful and Pleasures to this day. Thank you Estee for many years of pleasurable scents!

  • @victoriaperkovic4938
    @victoriaperkovic4938 Před 3 lety +2

    It was a pleasant work for Estee Louder in Chicago! Thank you!

  • @victorianaztec555
    @victorianaztec555 Před 3 lety +2

    Youth Dew continues to be my favorite! Enjoyed the video interview very much! #High5Blessins

  • @Worldpeace353
    @Worldpeace353 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome! I love him I worked at Clinique for 4 yrs and I enjoyed each second I still do Not with COVID though for now God Bless You Mr Lauder

  • @DestinyOnCrack
    @DestinyOnCrack Před 3 lety +1

    He's wearing the pink ribbon pin in this interview too, I love it!

  • @corinnejudith6875
    @corinnejudith6875 Před 3 lety +2

    What a wonderful life story!

  • @CajunLady333
    @CajunLady333 Před 3 lety +3

    Love Estée Lauder beauty products

  • @trixiebeldon579
    @trixiebeldon579 Před 3 lety +3

    I LOVE 💟 Clinique. And it’s worth the money. Sincerely Thank you

    • @louiscaruso4167
      @louiscaruso4167 Před 3 lety +1

      Clinique is an excellent line loved by both men and women...

    • @jamestyler114
      @jamestyler114 Před 3 lety

      Although there are cheaper dupes in the drugstore.

    • @louiscaruso4167
      @louiscaruso4167 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jamestyler114 The dupes can never match the integrity of Clinique...

  • @binklebabe4725
    @binklebabe4725 Před 3 lety +4

    This was my late mother's favorite brand. She'd think nothing of shelling out a couple of hundred dollars on a small "jar of hope."

  • @pjlewisful
    @pjlewisful Před 3 lety +3

    I worked for nearly every major cosmetics line in my 48 years as a makeup artist, counter manager, sales rep,, etc. It always has bothered me that Lauder & Clinic dominated over finer quality European & Japanese lines charging similar prices for cheaper ingredients that (esp. Clinic) used. Too greedy. Give everyone a chance I say.

  • @stephaniemurphy9894
    @stephaniemurphy9894 Před 3 lety +1

    I love his night serum in the brown bottle. Gosh, I use that stuff like there’s no tomorrow!

  • @DenisLaFreaq
    @DenisLaFreaq Před 3 lety +3

    The Great American Style, elegant and classy

  • @danipulido2888
    @danipulido2888 Před 3 lety +1

    The man I’m working for! ❤️

  • @stephaniemurphy9894
    @stephaniemurphy9894 Před 3 lety

    Omggg I love that guy! So kind even his smile

  • @mississippimud7046
    @mississippimud7046 Před 3 lety +2

    She was a beauty and a great business woman

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

    My mother Jane was very elegant!!!
    I miss her!
    ❤❤🇺🇸✔️✔️✔️🇺🇸🚔🚔🚔🎥🔥🥰🇺🇸✔️✔️❤️❤️🌹💯

  • @rushdialrashed9627
    @rushdialrashed9627 Před měsícem

    So much love from Dubai.

  • @LindaMerchant-bq2hp
    @LindaMerchant-bq2hp Před 3 měsíci

    My favorite perfume estee lauder along with avon and Christian Dior

  • @MB-ng9ci
    @MB-ng9ci Před 3 lety +2

    Wow Interesting indeed 🤗❤️

  • @carmencampana3329
    @carmencampana3329 Před 3 lety +1

    They look amazing!

  • @leslieleslie5849
    @leslieleslie5849 Před 3 lety +2

    Delightful

  • @obaiman123
    @obaiman123 Před rokem

    I love to sell things! I need to say that more. I hope to see a documentary or movie about the Lauder’s. He loves to strengthen and transform…
    Great legacy.

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Před 3 lety +6

    Remarried at 81???
    There's hope for me yet!

  • @stephaniestanley8041
    @stephaniestanley8041 Před 2 lety

    When I was in my 20s this company met much to me. It promised beauty and hope and anticipation: of the next Estee Lauder purchase I would make after pay day!

  • @sueraiders
    @sueraiders Před 3 lety +1

    Love it love it love it I have been using Esta Lauder for 30 years and more. Mostly youth dew oil. The powder is awesome.😉. And I have all of the rest that they manufacture. 🤗

  • @chantalbernard
    @chantalbernard Před 3 lety +1

    A lovely man.

  • @CarmenBelcher
    @CarmenBelcher Před 2 lety

    Awww his wife resembles his mother!

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem +1

    Apparently you worked for the Company a long time!
    Indeed!
    🛸🛸🛸🎥🛸

    • @annkennedy7935
      @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

      Jane my mother read the book before she died?
      Yes!!!!
      She read the book!
      ❤🌹🌹🌹🐬🤮🇺🇸🇺🇸🐋🛸

  • @karenross3457
    @karenross3457 Před 3 lety +1

    Does anyone recognize the painting in back of Mr Lauder that depicts a cocktail, cigar boy and martini shaker at 4:18?

  • @debrasigel8907
    @debrasigel8907 Před rokem

    💗💗🥳🥳

  • @CherylHaurik
    @CherylHaurik Před 3 lety +5

    Thank you for this video. Have a Wonderful and Blessed day. As we can all see wickedness has become rampant in this world. The Bible God's holy world told us about the last days and we are in them.
    We are living in the last days according to the word of God we read it in 2 Timothy:
    2Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
    2Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
    2Timothy 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
    2Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
    We see things that were once considered evil and wrong are now right and applauded. Things that were right and true are now considered wrong, evil, and wicked.
    Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
    The Lord died on the cross at Calvary for all shades of people. He also rose from the dead.
    One day he's coming back, ands what a Glorious day that will be.
    Please call upon Jesus today fOR salvation WE MUST BE BORN-AGAIN.
    John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
    John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile Před 3 lety +3

    Cuál Lauder? Este Lauder.

  • @terryciraulo1236
    @terryciraulo1236 Před 3 lety +1

    No free samples anymore. Maybe one packet. Then, they changed all the formulas. Used it for over 40 years and had to quit. Sad.

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

    I guess you miss your real mother Jane Apple Caswell.
    I do , I miss my mother Jane very much!
    ❤❤❤❤💯🇫🇷🌹🔥🚨🚨🚨🚨

  • @ajcahill7254
    @ajcahill7254 Před 3 lety +2

    They forgot to mention his close personal friendship with Donald Trump!!

    • @louiscaruso4167
      @louiscaruso4167 Před 3 lety +1

      Mr. trump can learn a lot about people and life from Mr. Lauder...

    • @mermaidsexist4339
      @mermaidsexist4339 Před 3 lety +1

      Are we going to have that friendship be the focus or this mans philanthropy? 😒

    • @louiscaruso4167
      @louiscaruso4167 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mermaidsexist4339 No way Jose...

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

    A guy Duval met back in the day!
    You are correct!!!
    🇫🇷🛸🛸🛸🛸🌹🥰🇺🇸🖕🖕🇫🇷🌹🐬🐋🚔

  • @maga6252
    @maga6252 Před 3 lety +1

    'Jars of hope'?! Aren't these umm 'proprieters' no different than what they used to call 'snake oil salesmen'?! It's all a very attractive 'con'.

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

    I'm still alive!!!!
    💯💯💯🙏🇫🇷🐬🖕🐋💯
    I am! 💯💯💯🐬🌹🌹🤮🌹

  • @Mistybrooks84
    @Mistybrooks84 Před 3 lety +1

    White women.
    Go.

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

    Imagine that!True story!!!
    💯💯🐬💯
    Huh ... huh! ❤🇫🇷🖕🥰🐋🖕

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    @musclehead2388 Před 3 lety

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  • @andrey9286
    @andrey9286 Před 3 lety +1

    SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.

  • @Cathy-xi8cb
    @Cathy-xi8cb Před 3 lety +2

    He has thrown a lot of money at some quite evil folks. Buy Hourglass, not Lauder, for high quality cosmetics.

    • @bdub1863
      @bdub1863 Před 3 lety +1

      Not like his brother Ronald!

  • @annkennedy7935
    @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

    I guess you miss your real mother Jane Apple Caswell.
    I do , I miss my mother Jane very much!
    ❤❤❤❤💯🇫🇷🌹🔥🚨🚨🚨🚨

    • @annkennedy7935
      @annkennedy7935 Před měsícem

      True story!!!
      💯💯💯💯💯🌹🌹🌹🌹🐋🐬🌹🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷❤️❤️❤️