EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER-OF-ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leonard A. Lauder, William P. Lauder and Richard W. Kunes, and each of them, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and the other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/s/ WILLIAM P. LAUDER |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| August 21, 2008 |
William P. Lauder |
| and a Director |
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/s/ LEONARD A. LAUDER |
| Chairman of the Board of |
| August 21, 2008 |
Leonard A. Lauder |
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/s/ CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Charlene Barshefsky |
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/s/ ROSE MARIE BRAVO |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Rose Marie Bravo |
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/s/ PAUL J. FRIBOURG |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Paul J. Fribourg |
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/s/ MELLODY HOBSON |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Mellody Hobson |
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/s/ IRVINE O. HOCKADAY, JR. |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
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/s/ AERIN LAUDER |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Aerin Lauder |
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/s/ RONALD S. LAUDER |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Ronald S. Lauder |
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/s/ RICHARD D. PARSONS |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Richard D. Parsons |
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/s/ LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Lynn Forester De Rothschild |
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/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT |
| Director |
| August 21, 2008 |
Barry S. Sternlicht |
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/s/ RICHARD W. KUNES |
| Executive Vice President and |
| August 21, 2008 |
Richard W. Kunes |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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