Michael Smith, Estee Lauder CIO: A Personal Decision

Michael Smith currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer of The Estée Lauder Companies. For a year before he worked with the company, he took a sabbatical to be with his son during his final year of high school, before going off to college.

“In late February 2016, I had the privilege of watching my son upset the number one seed in the district wrestling tournament and qualify for State,” said Estée Lauder’sMichael Smith when explaining what sparked his decision to take the sabbatical. “The State wrestling tournament was to be held the next weekend. I had the monthly all-day executive meeting scheduled for that Friday. Friday night I was slated to kick-off our third annual hackathon that… was to run through Saturday night. Sunday I was already booked to fly to Europe for time-critical meetings. There was no way I could watch him in the State tournament. A few days later, I turned in my resignation.”

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Michael Smith, Estee Lauder CIO: On Company Culture

Michael Smith, the CIO and Senior Vice President of Estee Lauder, is a respected industry leader who has worked with the company since 2017. He currently reports to Estee Lauder’s Executive Vice President, Global Finance and Strategy and Chief Financial Officer, Tracey Travis.

Innovation in company culture is among the many skills that Michael Smith,Estee Lauder brings to Estee Lauder, and he’s a respected speaker on the topic around the world. 

“Culture is a company's greatest asset, or its greatest liability, yet founders are rightfully focused first on survival. They are faced with a barrage of day-to-day demands,” explained Mr. Smith. “While it is nice to think they can be ever aware and invest the time to carefully consider the cultural implications of even their smallest actions, it is not practical. They need someone to help them define, nurture, and guard the desired culture.”

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