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How the Estee Lauder Board Navigated Family Control and Global Growth
In this episode of Boardroom Conversations, Lucas and Luna examine how the Estée Lauder Companies' board has managed the tension between founding-family control and the demands of global beauty-industry leadership. They focus on the pivotal 2022 decision to bring back William Lauder as executive chairman amid a post-pandemic slowdown, and how the board's structure — with multiple family members on a mix of independent directors — has both protected the company's brand equity and complicated CEO succession. Specific examples include the 2024 retirement of CEO Fabrizio Freda…
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