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Leonard Lauder

entrepreneur

$34.0Bnet worth

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Leonard Alan Lauder was an American billionaire, philanthropist and art collector. Together, he and his brother, Ronald Lauder, were the sole heirs to The Estée Lauder Companies cosmetics fortune, founded in 1946 by their parents, Estée and Joseph Lauder. Having been its CEO until 1999, Leonard was the chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. During his tenure as the CEO, the company went public at the New York Stock Exchange in 1996 and acquired several major cosmetics brands, including MAC Cosmetics, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, and La Mer.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Leonard Lauder. American billionaire and philanthropist (1933–2025)

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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Lauder

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1930s
1933

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2020s
2026

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