Leonard Tag

A who’s who of luminaries from the retail, fashion and finance sectors turned out on Monday night to honor Leonard A. Lauder with the Retail Excellence Award cohosted by the Baker Retailing Center on the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and the Retail Leaders Circle. Lauder, who announced earlier this 12 months he’ll step down from the board of directors of the Estée Lauder Cos. when his current term expires in November, was feted by designer Tory Burch, Neiman Marcus CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Saks CEO Marc Metrick and Lauder’s son, William P. Lauder and niece Jane Lauder, amongst many others, with introductory honors handled by Pfizer’s chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman and MidOcean Partners chairman Matt Rubel. Sally...