In the midst of taking Estee Lauder public in 1995, Mr Leonard Lauder, the company’s then chairman and chief executive, fielded a question from an investment banker during the roadshow.
“If your products are so good,” the banker asked Mr Lauder, then in his 60s, “why do you have so many lines on your face?”
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