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Ronald S. Lauder

Co-Chair at Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Ronald S. Lauder, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder, ADDF, is an international philanthropist, diplomat, public servant, entrepreneur, investor, and patron of the arts.

Mr. Lauder is Chairman of Clinique Laboratories, LLC, a division of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and is the Founder and Chairman of RWL Water, LLC, an international water company. In 1986, he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Austria after serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO policy. In 1987, Mr. Lauder established the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, which has educated more than 30,000 Jewish children throughout 15 countries in Eastern Europe.

He serves as President of the World Jewish Congress and Chairman of the Jewish National Fund. From 1995 to 2005, he was Chairman of the Museum of Modern Art and is now the museum's Honorary Chairman. In 2001, he established the Neue Galerie New York, where he serves as President. He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Co-Chair

    Current role