heiress

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The company has been in the spotlight since President Trump picked Kevin Warsh— husband of Estée Lauder heiress Jane Lauder — to lead the Federal Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

That same year, he married Jane Lauder, an executive at Estée Lauder and an heiress to one of America’s wealthiest families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

After nearly a year of wooing, tech scion David Ellison and his Skydance Media sign a deal with heiress Shari Redstone to buy her struggling media company, Paramount.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

So she posed as a wealthy antiques and diamond heiress, and hired a former takeaway worker as her personal assistant, who she asked to trade the cryptocurrency into other assets, such as cash and property.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The young lawyer, who had admired the pretty heiress from the minute he first laid eyes on her, did not have a chance to chat.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin