Portrait of Ronald Lauder

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Ronald Lauder

Net worth $4.9B

Estee Lauder · United States

Born
Feb 26, 1944
Age
82
Source
Estee Lauder
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Ronald Lauder is the youngest son of makeup maven Estée Lauder, who founded her eponymous beauty company in 1946.
  • He became the chairman of Clinique Laboratories in 1994 and still occupies that position today.
  • Lauder spent nearly 50 years as a board member. He stepped off in 2009, but was reelected to the board in 2016 and retired in 2025.
  • The president of the World Jewish Congress and a Trump donor, Lauder has informally advised the White House on Israel.
  • Lauder served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for NATO affairs from 1983 to 1986 and was ambassador to Austria for one year.
  • Lauder has amassed roughly 4,000 works of art worth at least $1 billion and also has a sizeable collection of medieval armor and arms dating from the 3rd century BC.
  • Lauder's daughter Jane is a director at Estée Lauder; his daughter Aerin serves as its style and image director.

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