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.

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 Lauder, a renowned philanthropist who expanded the family cosmetics business into a worldwide empire, has died at the age of 92.