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Estée Lauder built her cosmetics fortune using a skincare formula originally created by which family member?
Answer
Her uncle
Estée Lauder learned to make creams from her uncle, chemist John Schotz, and later repackaged and marketed his formulas to launch her own cosmetics company.
💡 Did you know?
Estée Lauder's cosmetics fortune was built on her uncle's rejected skincare formula. She repackaged it and became a billionaire.
Other options people guess
- Her father
- Her brother-in-law
- Her cousin
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- cosmetics
- entrepreneurs
- founders
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