...free water for him to bottle up and sell to the masses. Did not go so well.
The battle for Greenland: The billionaire behind Donald Trump’s obsession
Ronald Lauder, heir to Estée Lauder fortune, seems to have invested in a boutique water company based in a mouldy, former school
by Derek Scally in Nuuk, Greenland
The Irish Times, January 15, 2026
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One entrance has been decorated with penis graffiti; in another, where the door’s window panes should be, two words are sprayed on chipboard: “F**k of [sic]”.
This building in Greenland’s capital Nuuk has seen better days, but it might yet have a future.
Company records suggest this is the official address of Greenland Water Bank, a boutique drinks company with a new co-owner: US billionaire Ronald Lauder.
He is not just son and heir of cosmetics queen Esteé Lauder, the 81-year-old lawyer is a close confidant of Donald Trump. And, according to some, he is the one who put the Greenland flea in the president’s ear.
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Some, like tech investor Peter Thiel of PayPal and Palantir, dream of setting up a new post-nation state settlement in somewhere like Greenland; others dream of extracting valuable minerals from beneath the vast, icy territory. But what is Ronald Lauder up to?
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https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/01/15/an-abandoned-building-a-billionaire-trump-pal-and-the-battle-for-greenland/
Guy must love Putin like he loves Trump.
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