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Leonard Lauder

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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

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Estée Lauder Companies

1958

Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025