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Economics & Business
Leonard Lauder
Who
Leonard Lauder · Economics & Business
What
Estée Lauder Companies
When
1933, New York City, USA — 2025, New York City, USA
Where
New York City
Biography
Leonard Lauder is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Estée Lauder Companies
How & why
Leonard Lauder was an American businessman, the elder son of Estée Lauder's founders, who as president and then chief executive transformed the family firm into a global prestige-beauty leader with dozens of brands. A major philanthropist, he was a noted collector of Cubist art and co-founded the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. He was Jewish.
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Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025
Contributions & Sources
Estée Lauder Companies
1958
Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025
