Ronald Lauder news stories on Newser

Forget Term Limits: NYC Needs Mike

Kevin Spak — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:27:00 CDT

Term limits have been great for New York City, but it’s time to make an exception, billionaire philanthropist Ronald Lauder writes in the Times . Lauder believes Michael Bloomberg is the man to steer New York through the current economic disaster, preventing a repeat of the 1970s crisis that ruined life...

Lauder Gives Whitney Museum $131M

Polly Davis Doig — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:52:00 CDT

New York's Whitney Museum announced yesterday that its chairman, the cosmetics executive Leonard Lauder, would donate $131 million to boost the institution's endowment. The gift is a transformational sum for the museum, which is devoted to American modern art, and one of the largest donations ever made to a museum...

Changes in Lauder Dynasty Hardly Cosmetic

Kevin Spak — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:16:00 CST

Estée Lauder might be a massive, publicly owned company, but it’s also a family business, tightly controlled by the Lauder clan—until now. On Monday, it will welcome new president Fabrizio Freda, who will likely eventually replace CEO William Lauder—and become the first outsider to run the cosmetics giant....

Death Camps May Charge Admission

Peter Fearon — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:53:20 CDT

Nazi concentration camps need to start charging visitors an entrance fee, those who run them say; subsidies from the German government aren't adequate for upkeep and tour guides for millions of pilgrims who visit every year. The proposal has prompted outrage from German Jews, the London Times reports.