---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001001250-23-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EL"
cik: "0001001250"
company_name: "ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:49:57.074641+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leonard A. Lauder and Wei Sun Christianson not standing for re-election; Gary M. Lauder nominated as Class III director

## Summary
- Leonard A. Lauder (board since 1958) and Wei Sun Christianson will not stand for re-election at Nov 17, 2023 annual meeting.
- Departures not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Gary M. Lauder, son of Leonard and brother of Executive Chairman William P. Lauder, nominated as Class III director.
- Board size to decrease from 16 to 15, Class III from 6 to 5 directors, effective Nov 17, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001001250-23-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EL
- cik: 0001001250
- company_name: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/el-20230822.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leonard A. Lauder departed as Class III Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On August 22, 2023, Leonard A. Lauder (“Mr. L. Lauder”), who has been a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) since 1958, and Wei Sun Christianson (“Ms. Christianson”), who has been a member of the Board since 2011, notified The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the “Company”) of their decisions not to stand for re-election as Class III directors at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 17, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary M. Lauder was appointed as Class III Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: nominated
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: Gary M. Lauder (“Mr. G. Lauder”), a son of Mr. L. Lauder and the brother of William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman (“Mr. W. Lauder”), has been nominated by the Board to stand for election as a Class III Director at the 2023 Annual Meeting, as Mr. L. Lauder’s designee under the Stockholders’ Agreement (as described below).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wei Sun Christianson departed as Class III Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: Wei Sun Christianson (“Ms. Christianson”), who has been a member of the Board since 2011, notified The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the “Company”) of their decisions not to stand for re-election as Class III directors at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 17, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm

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