Ronald Lauder

Ronald Lauder is a New York-based U.S. retail figure, born in 1944, and an heir to the Estée Lauder cosmetics empire. He has an estimated net worth of ~$4.9 billion. RTB NewsAPI

Business & SEC Activity

SEC records identify Ronald S. Lauder as an individual reporting insider activity and link him to Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. The records contain 194 filings, including 193 insider filings; Form 4 reports insider transactions, while Schedule 13G/A filings update beneficial-ownership information for certain shareholders. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

In tax year 2023, three Lauder foundations reported $22,100,328 in grants paid and $119,585,361 in combined assets. The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation accounted for $19,250,612 of the grants and $117,937,517 of the assets; the Lauder Foundation Inc. and Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation reported the remainder. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

The most recent 100 federal contributions in the FEC sample total $10,891,125, including $5 million to MAGA Inc., $1.1 million to National Horizon, and $1 million to Congressional Leadership Fund. Because the record is truncated, Lauder has at least 100 federal contributions and the full amount is unknown and higher; within this sample, $394,100 went directly to Republican recipients and $10,497,025 to PACs or other organizations. FEC

In the News

The New York Times reported that Lauder had not donated to Republican candidates in New York in 2026 and that his super PAC had gone idle, following decades of political giving. Other coverage reported that he had given more than $70 million to federal, state, and local politics and was apparently scaling back that activity. NewsAPI