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Ronald Lauder

Ronald Lauder, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria

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Born
February 26, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1944

About Ronald Lauder

Ronald Steven Lauder (born February 26, 1944) is an American businessman. He is the sole heir to The Estée Lauder Companies, founded by his parents Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946, following the death of his brother Leonard Lauder in 2025. According to Forbes, Lauder had a net worth of $4.7 billion as of May 2025 (number 796 on Forbes' list of billionaires). Lauder is a longtime Republican Party donor and supporter of Donald Trump. He ran in the Republican primary for mayor of New York City in 1989. A long-time friend of President Donald Trump, Lauder has been credited with planting the idea of annexing Greenland in Trump's mind. With his brother, he founded the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School. In 2003, Lauder founded and became the president of Lauder Business School in Vienna, Austria. In 1984, he became a deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy at the United States Department of Defense in the Ronald Reagan administration.

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Ronald Lauder timeline

  1. He is the sole heir to The Estée Lauder Companies, founded by his parents Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946, following the death of his brother Leonard Lauder in 2025.
  2. In 1984, he became a deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy at the United States Department of Defense in the Ronald Reagan administration.
  3. In 2003, Lauder founded and became the president of Lauder Business School in Vienna, Austria.

The world when Ronald Lauder was born

Ronald Lauder was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ronald Lauder's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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