William P. Lauder
William P. Lauder became executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors of The Estée Lauder Companies in July 2009. He was CEO from July 2004 through June 2009. During his five-year tenure as chief executive, he expanded the company’s international presence and distribution channels and strengthened the brand portfolio. He joined the company in 1986 as regional marketing director of Clinique U.S.A in the New York metro area. Under his leadership, Clinique’s Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion became the best-selling prestige skin care product in U.S department stores. Mr. Lauder is a member of the Boards of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and an Emeritus Trustee on the Trinity School Board in New York City, his alma maters. In 2012, Mr. Lauder received a lecturer appointment to the faculty of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches “Decision Making in the Leadership Chair,” a course he designed for second-year MBA students.
