In 1958 the Estee Lauder company sold a few products in prestigious department stores in the U S and had annual revenues of about 800 000 Today the company is a 11 billion global empire the second-largest beauty company in the world and is sold in over 150 countries and territories Leonard Lauder Estee Lauder's oldest son spent much of his career behind the scenes helping run the business 160 His memoir will cover what it was like to grow up with the company from the Great Depression the post-World War II boom and through the global challenges of the 2000s Lauder will give the readers inside stories about the company and paint a loving portrait of his mother as well as discuss the important business lessons he learned along the way 160