PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE

LEONARD LAUDER ’50

Leonard A. Lauder is Chairman Emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. In 1958 he formally joined the company founded by his mother Estée, when it had annual sales of $800,000, and grew the company into a global success, with $16 billion in revenue in 2022 and a slew of created and acquired brands such as Clinique, Origins, Aveda and La Mer. Mr. Lauder is also a generous and engaged supporter of education, the arts, and public service, serving in leadership roles at the University of Pennsylvania, Whitney Museum, Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations.

RONALD LAUDER ’61

Ronald Lauder is an international businessman and passionate supporter of the arts, education and Jewish organizations across the world. He has led Clinique Laboratories and spent 40+ years as a board member of The Estee Lauder Companies. Mr. Lauder is the long-standing President of the World Jewish Congress and has served on the boards of Jewish organizations ranging from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council to the International Auschwitz Council. A renowned art collector, Mr. Lauder is the Honorary Chairman of the Museum of Modern Art and established the Neue Galerie New York, which is dedicated to German and Austrian art.