Evelyn Lauder

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Evelyn Lauder (born Evelyn H. Hausner ; born August 12, 1936 in Vienna ; † November 13, 2011 in New York ) was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist .

Life

Evelyn H. Hausner's Jewish parents had fled Vienna via Belgium to England in 1938 and on to New York in 1940. There they ran a clothing store in Manhattan, which they expanded into a small chain. Evelyn went to school at Public School 9 on the Upper West Side , then went to college and worked as a teacher in Harlem for several years. In 1955, while still a student at Hunter College , she met Leonard Lauder on a blind date , whom she married in 1959. In 1960 the son William P. Lauder was born and in 1962 the son Gary. With the marriage, Evelyn Lauder entered the business of her husband's mother, Estée Lauder . At the time, the Estée Lauder Companies' range consisted of only six products and sales were a million dollars. Evelyn Lauder initially worked as a telephone operator in the company and was subsequently responsible for training the sales staff, developing perfumes and care products and marketing. Since 1989 she has held the titles of Senior Corporate Vice President (as a member of the Board of Directors ) and Head of Fragrance Development Worldwide (head of global perfume development). In the mid-1990s, the Lauder range with numerous sub-brands had expanded to over 2000 items. In 1995, when the company's founder retired, the company was worth $ 3 billion.

In 1989 Evelyn Lauder contracted breast cancer . It began with a worldwide campaign to educate and prevent the fight against this disease. To do this, she had the idea of ​​creating a pink ribbon as a symbol. Over the course of 18 years, she raised around $ 350 million in donations, helping researchers around the world. The Evely H. Lauder Breast Center, co-financed by Lauder and made possible by donations, has existed at New York Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1992 . In 1993, she launched the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) in New York City, which provided $ 57 million in funding for cancer research in 2016 alone. Evelyn Lauder donated the proceeds from the sale of 'Pink Ribbon' cosmetic products from the Estée Lauder and Clinique brands to these organizations. The amateur photographer also published illustrated books with landscape photographs in 1992 ( Seasons Observed ) and 2002 ( An Eye for Beauty: Photographs of Evelyn Lauder ), the proceeds of which went to her foundations.

Evelyn Lauder died on November 13, 2011 at the age of 75 of ovarian cancer , which she was first diagnosed in 2007.

literature

  • Der Spiegel 47/2011, p. 178

Individual evidence

  1. Evelyn H. Lauder, Champion of Breast Cancer Research, Dies at 75 nytimes.com, November 12, 2011
  2. Lunch with the FT: Leonard Lauder ft.com, December 23, 2010
  3. ^ Evelyn Lauder: Beauty queen independent.co.uk, November 17, 2003
  4. Pink Ribbon Austria: Geschichte pinkribbon.at, 2017
  5. ^ AT WORK WITH: Evelyn Lauder; From Pink Lipstick To Pink Ribbons nytimes.com, February 2, 1995
  6. About bcrfcure.org, 2017
  7. Evelyn Lauder passed away faz.net, November 13, 2011