Billionaire Ronald Lauder wrote a letter threatening to stop donations to the University of Pennsylvania.
AdvertisementAdvertisementRonald Lauder, the billionaire Estée Lauder heir, wrote a searing letter to the University of Pennsylvania's president threatening to stop donations to the school if it doesn't take a stronger stance against antisemitism.
"Those invited to the event had a history of not just strong anti-Israel bias, but outright antisemitism," he wrote.
"The University did not, and emphatically does not, endorse these speakers or their views," Magill wrote in an email to the Penn community on Sunday.
Lauder, who is worth $4.5 billion, per Forbes, has donated millions of dollars to Penn, as has his brother, Leonard.
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