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Estée Lauder's Life in Weeks

Founded Estée Lauder Companies, building a global cosmetics empire through innovative marketing techniques like the free gift with purchase.

1906–2004 American Entrepreneur 5,103 weeks (98 years)

Estée Lauder's 5,103 Weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

5,103
Total Weeks
35,721
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
98
Years

Key Milestones

Age 16 · Week ~832

Began selling skin creams made by her uncle, a chemist

Age 40 · Week ~2,080

Founded Estée Lauder Companies with her husband Joseph

Age 47 · Week ~2,444

Launched Youth Dew bath oil, a massive commercial success

Age 58 · Week ~3,016

Launched Aramis, her first men's fragrance line

Age 73 · Week ~3,796

Launched Clinique, the first dermatologist-guided cosmetics brand

Age 92 · Week ~4,784

Named one of Time's most influential business geniuses

Legacy

Built one of the world's largest cosmetics companies and was the only woman on Time magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century.

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