The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
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Leadership History
4 leaders · Full leadership timeline
Founded by Estée and Joseph Lauder in 1946, the company became one of the world's defining prestige beauty groups by pairing aspirational brands with department-store selling, sampling, travel retail, and global expansion. The current chapter is less about adding brands and more about repairing growth quality and cost structure.
Estée Lauder makes money by developing, marketing, and selling prestige beauty products through department stores, specialty retailers, travel retail, brand stores, e-commerce, and third-party online platforms. The portfolio spans skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care brands such as Estée Lauder, Clinique, La Mer, M·A·C, Jo Malone London, Le Labo, Tom Ford Beauty, and Aveda.
President and Chief Executive Officer
De La Faverie became CEO on January 1, 2025 and is leading Beauty Reimagined, portfolio simplification, and the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Freda globalized the prestige-beauty portfolio and expanded brands such as Estée Lauder, La Mer, M·A·C, and Jo Malone London before retiring from the CEO role.
Co-founder
Estée Lauder built the original brand around prestige positioning, sampling, beauty advisors, and department-store distribution.
Chair of the Board
Lauder family governance remains important through board leadership and voting control.
The main challenges are declining skin care sales, travel-retail weakness, restructuring execution, tariff and currency exposure, brand impairment risk, and the need to restore growth while cutting costs.
Stéphane de La Faverie is President and CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies.
Stéphane de La Faverie is President and CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies.
Stéphane de La Faverie is President and CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies.
Estee Lauder's leaders have shaped its expansion, operating model, and response to industry change.