The son of Estée and Joseph Lauder spent much of his life in Palm Beach, and helped to build and expand his parents' company.

Leonard A. Lauder, who was known as much for his philanthropy and arts patronage as he was for his family’s beauty company, died Saturday at age 92.

Lauder “was the driving force behind The Estée Lauder Companies’ international expansion,” the company said in a statement announcing his death.