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Ronald Lauder
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American businessman, art collector, philanthropist, political activist
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Ronald Steven Lauder, born in New York City in 1944, is an American politician, businessperson, art collector, and philanthropist. He is the son of Estée Lauder and the brother of Leonard Lauder. Lauder is a member of the Republican Party and has been affiliated with the World Jewish Congress. He holds the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour and owns the Bauhaus Museum.
He was educated at The Wharton School, the Bronx High School of Science, the University of Paris, and the Free University of Brussels. Lauder is Jewish and speaks English. His children are Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder. As an author, he has written fourteen works, including *Privatization for New York*, *Honey Cake and Latkes*, *Franz Marc and August Macke*, *Austrian and German Masterworks*, and *Wiener Werkstätte jewelry*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Privatization for New York
- Honey Cake and Latkes
- Franz Marc and August Macke
- Austrian and German Masterworks
- Wiener Werkstätte jewelry
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Learning representations by back-propagating errors
· 1986 · cited 24,348x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,808x
- Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
· 2005 · cited 15,578x
- An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest
· 2006 · cited 13,000x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
- President
- Ronald Reagan
- Succeeded by
- Henry Anatole Grunwald
- Born
- Ronald Steven Lauder , ( 1944-02-26 ) February 26, 1944 (age 82) , New York City , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Jo Carole Knopf
- Children
- Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer , Jane Lauder Warsh
- Parent
- Estée Lauder (mother)
- Relatives
- Leonard Lauder (brother), William P. Lauder (nephew)
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania ( BS ), University of Paris , University of Brussels
- Occupation
- Chairman Emeritus of Estée Lauder Companies
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ronald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Child
- Jane Lauder
- Mother
- Estée Lauder
- Sibling
- Leonard Lauder
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Educated at
- Free University of Brussels
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Notable work
- Neue Galerie
- Field of work
- philanthropy
- Image
- Ronald S Lauder - Rally against anti-Semitism - Berlin 14 September 2014 - 1 - c MichaelThaidigsmann (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ronald Lauder
- date of birth
- 1944-02-26
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- affiliation
- World Jewish Congress
- name in native language
- Ronald Lauder
- birth name
- Ronald Steven Lauder
- start of work period
- 1958-01-01
- end of work period
- 2012-01-01
- P10632
- Ronald Lauder
- net worth
- 4900000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Ronald Steven Lauder (born February 26, 1944) is an American businessman. He is the sole heir to The Estée Lauder Companies, founded by his parents Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946, following the death of his brother Leonard Lauder in 2025.
According to Forbes, Lauder had a net worth of $4.7 billion as of May 2025 (number 796 on Forbes' list of billionaires). Lauder is a longtime Republican Party donor and supporter of Donald Trump. He ran in the Republican primary for mayor of New York City in 1989.
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