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William Lauder

New YorkRetail

AIProfile Summary

William Lauder is a U.S. retail executive born in 1960 and based in New York. SEC records identify William P. Lauder and connect the records to Estée Lauder Companies Inc. SEC EDGAR He has an estimated net worth of ~$1.6 billion. RTB

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists 202 filings for William P. Lauder, including 201 classified as insider filings connected to Estée Lauder Companies Inc. SEC EDGAR The records include Form 4 filings, which report changes in an insider’s company holdings, and an amended Schedule 13G, which reports certain beneficial ownership stakes. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

The Lauder Foundation Inc. reported $1,525,028 in grants paid and $1,644,333 in total assets for tax year 2023. ProPublica 990 It reported $105,185 in revenue and $1,537,673 in expenses that year. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

The available FEC data covers only the most recent 100 federal contributions on file, and William Lauder has at least 100 contributions. Those sampled records total $189,575.80, with $130,300 going to Democratic recipients, $18,125 to Republican recipients, $17,800 to independent recipients, $225.80 to a natural-person committee, and $23,125 classified as unknown; these figures are not his full contribution history. FEC The largest sampled recipients 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 Sinema for Arizona ($5,800). FEC

In the News

The supplied news search returned no validated articles to summarize. NewsAPI

AI-generated summary from fec, rtb, propublica_990, gdelt, sec_edgar 8/29/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceNew York, New York

990Philanthropy

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.

$1.6MFoundation Assets
$1.5MGrants Paid
1Foundation
Lauder Foundation IncNew York, NY
Assets: $1.6MRevenue: $105KGrants: $1.5MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$190K+In Records We Hold
100+Contributions
2017–2025Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent 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)

DEM
$130K
Unknown
$23K
REP
$18K
IND
$18K
NAT
$225.8

Top Recipients (in the sample)

ANGUS KING FOR U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN$12K
MALONEY FOR CONGRESS$11K
MAGGIE FOR NH$9K
NADLER FOR CONGRESS$9K
SINEMA FOR ARIZONA$6K

Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.

Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

202Total Filings
201Insider Filings
261EDGAR Mentions
0001008082Personal CIK

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

4FORM 4
6/16/2026
4FORM 4
3/17/2026
4FORM 4
12/16/2025
4FORM 4
11/14/2025
4FORM 4
11/5/2025
4FORM 4
11/5/2024
4FORM 4
8/29/2024
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
2/9/2024
4FORM 4
11/2/2023
4FORM 4
8/30/2023
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

C
37.6
Public Benefit Score

The PBS 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.

Philanthropy65% weight
17%

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

Transparency35% weight
75%

How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.

Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency

Scored on 8/31/2026 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.

William Lauder — Public Benefit Score C (38) | Billionaire Army