Jane Lauder-Warsh | |
Birth Name: | Jane Lauder |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1973 |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Businesswoman |
Known For: | Global President and General Manager of the Estée Lauder Companies |
Education: | Stanford University |
Father: | Ronald Lauder |
Relatives: | Estée Lauder (grandmother) Aerin Lauder (sister) Leonard Lauder (uncle) William P. Lauder (cousin) |
Jane Lauder Warsh (born 1973) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman.
Lauder is the daughter of Jo Carole Lauder (née Knopf) and Ronald Lauder.[1] Her father served as United States Ambassador to Austria under President Ronald Reagan and also was president of the World Jewish Congress. She is the granddaughter of Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder, the co-founders of the cosmetics company Estée Lauder Companies. She has one sister, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer.[2]
Lauder graduated from the Chapin School and Stanford University.[3]
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 by Estée Lauder and her husband Joseph, with a focus on beauty products and a drive for success.
The third generation, including William, Aerin, and Jane, are actively involved in the company's leadership, with Jane Lauder joining the family business in 1996. In 2013, she was promoted to global president and general manager of Estée Lauder’s Origins, Darphin, and Ojon brands.[4] She is an executive vice president and chief data officer at Estée Lauder, where she also runs the company's Clinique unit, a skincare line frequently sold in malls.[5]
She has been a member of Estée Lauder's board of directors since 2009 and also serves on the board of Eventbrite.
She is married to Kevin Warsh, whom she met at Stanford, and who is a former governor and youngest-ever appointee of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.[6] The couple lives in Manhattan.[7]