Ronald Lauder

Ronald Lauder is a New York-based retail-industry billionaire, born in 1944, and an heir to the Estée Lauder cosmetics empire. His estimated net worth is ~$4.9B RTB.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists Ronald S. Lauder as associated with Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. and shows 194 filings, including 193 insider filings SEC EDGAR. His recent filings include a Form 4 dated April 10, 2026, which reports changes in an insider's ownership of company securities, and Schedule 13G/A amendments, which update a beneficial-ownership disclosure SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Three Lauder-related foundations reported $22,100,328 in grants paid and $119,585,361 in combined assets for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation reported $19,250,612 in grants paid and $117,937,517 in assets; Lauder Foundation Inc. reported $1,525,028 in grants; and the Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation reported $1,324,688 in grants ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100-record sample, totaling $10,887,225 from January 30, 2024 through March 31, 2026. The sample's party classification is $10,420,625 listed as Unknown and $466,600 listed as Republican; its largest recipients were MAGA Inc. ($5,000,000), National Horizon ($1,100,000), Congressional Leadership Fund ($1,000,000), Keystone Renewal PAC ($850,000), and Senate Leadership Fund ($500,000) 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.

In the News

News reports in August 2026 said Lauder had not made a political donation that year to Republicans in New York and that his super PAC had become inactive NewsAPI. Recent coverage also described him as a longtime financial supporter of Republican and conservative political causes in New York NewsAPI.