William Lauder
Profile Summary
William Lauder is a U.S. retail billionaire based in New York, born in 1960, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.6B RTB. SEC records identify him as connected to The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. SEC EDGAR
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 202 filings for William P. Lauder, including 201 insider filings, and identifies The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ticker: EL) among associated companies SEC EDGAR. Recent filings include multiple Form 4s, which report insiders' transactions in company securities, as well as a Schedule 13G/A amendment, which updates a passive beneficial-ownership report SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Lauder Foundation Inc., based in New York, reported $1,644,333 in assets and $1,525,028 in grants paid for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. The foundation reported $105,185 in revenue and $1,537,673 in expenses that year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 records on file, totaling $192,030.80; the FEC reports 402 contributions overall, but the amounts and breakdown below cover only that sampled set FEC. Of the sampled total, $134,700 went to Democratic recipients, $23,180 to unknown-party recipients, $17,800 to Independent recipients, $16,125 to Republican recipients, and $225.80 to Natural Law recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were Angus King for U.S. Senate Campaign ($12,000), Maloney for Congress ($11,400), Maggie for NH ($8,700), Nadler for Congress ($8,700), and Jeffries for Congress ($7,700) FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 402 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $192,030.80.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.