Leonard A. Lauder

Mr. Lauder graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and is emeritus trustee at the university. He is chairman emeritus of the Whitney Museum of American Art; co-founder and co-chairman of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation; honorary chairman of the board of directors of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; a member of the President’s Council of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and chairman emeritus and a lifetime trustee of the board of directors of the Aspen Institute. He served on the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations to President Reagan (1983–1987). In addition, he was named an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by France; recognized by the United States Navy Supply Corps Foundation with its Distinguished Alumni Award; received the  2013 Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man of the Year Award; and named a Living Landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy in 2014.

Mr. Lauder is married to Judy Glickman Lauder, an internationally recognized photographer and philanthropist.