Who is Jane Lauder? Fed nominee Kevin Warsh's wife and Estee Lauder heiress

US President Donald Trump has announced that he would nominate Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve once current chairman Jerome Powell's four-year term concludes in May.

Warsh served in Fed's Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011.

Trump has often expressed disappointment with Powell's decision not to cut interest rates as quickly as he wanted and has even criticised him publicly.

Who is Kevin Warsh's wife?

Kevin Warsh

is married to Jane Lauder, granddaughter of Estee Lauder, the co-founder of the global cosmetics company and a member of the Lauder family, one of the wealthiest families in the US.

Born in 1973, she is the daughter of Jo Carole Lauder and Ronald Lauder. Her father was US Ambassador to Austria under President Reagan. He is also president of the World Jewish Congress, a major international organization.

Jane Lauder's role

She started her career at Estee Lauder in 1996 after finishing her studies at Stanford University. Over the years, she managed major brands like Clinique and Origins. She worked as executive vice president and chief data officer at the family company.

Jane stepped down as executive vice president in 2024, but she has been a member of the company's board of directors since 2009. She has a net worth of $2.7 billion.

Who is Kevin Warsh? 

Born in upstate New York in 1971, Kevin Warsh attended a public high school before earning a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1992. He also holds a law degree from Harvard University.

Warsh worked for seven years on Wall Street at Morgan Stanley before joining President George W Bush's team as an economic policy adviser in 2002. In 2006, President Bush nominated Warsh to be a Fed Governor.

At 35 years old, he became the youngest person ever appointed to the Fed.

He served on the Fed's Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011, during a period that included the 2008 global financial crisis, which was one of the worst economic crises in recent history. He played a central role in preventing a total collapse of major financial institutions, using his experience and Wall Street connections.

Warsh was involved in the government bailout of AIG, a major insurance company in trouble, and also helped plan JPMorgan's acquisition of Bear Stearns, an investment bank that was failing amid the crisis.