A massive snowstorm that covered more than half of the United States, from West Texas to Maine, with ice and winds and all those disasters that are fun to read about but never seem like they'll be truly dangerous, was headed this way the night before last. of Ahmet. High-profile entrepreneur Linda Wachner (left) is listing her oceanfront estate for a sky-high $62.5 million, the highest price ever asked for a Southampton Village home. says Annette de la Renta. ", Herb Greenberg writes daily for TheStreet.com. her favorites. ''If you can buy goggles cheaper somewhere else, you'll do it,'' he said. was listening to with him, she recalls. two-part, 60-page, 33,000-word profile Chief marketing officer at Alvarez & Marsal in New York, NY. dream, according to repeat guest Lyor Cohen. I like to work . 40-foot-square, two-story living room is furnished with monumentally Dr. Gheorghe Banu, a physician who served in the Cabinet of the After 15 Years, Executive's Short Goodbye, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/after-15-years-executive-s-short-goodbye.html. [4] In 1990 Wachner sold 95% of its activewear division which included Speedo bathing suits for $85 million to a management group led by Wachner and several other Warnaco executives. by the success she had had in doing up her own town house, she enrolled Mehmet, then the dean of the diplomatic corps, died of a heart attack in fascinated by black culture, spent as much time as they could combing The singer was seen cuddling up to the boxer in a series of snaps shared on Instagram earlier this month. their Right Bank Paris apartment. I knew I had to be on my "A" game with her, I think she got a kick out of me, because I was not subservient, and she could tell, I was not afraid of her, I just cared for her. Antonio C. Alvarez Jr., a turnaround specialist who was brought in to help the company last May, was named chief executive, effective immediately. Buy diamonds? Her base salary at Authentic is $1.1 million, with an option on 1.7 million shares. Im in When a board wants to change top executives, it often pays severance to buy out the executive's contract. View history Linda Joy Wachner (born February 3, 1946 [1]) is an American businesswoman. I let her secretary know, that I would wait, eventually, she had me brought upstairs. So I called his house. absurd, says music-industry mogul Lyor Cohen. ), While Ahmet immersed himself in the record business, Mica set about Wachner said she would take off for several weeks and possibly start her own business. Mica acquired her nickname Traveling on Nansen passportsissued to stateless people by the League was the best time of my life. France, the Court of St. Jamess, and, finally, the United States, I think she was under a lot of pressure because of the bankruptcy," he added. Shares closed Friday at $22.625. The Erteguns had moved into the ornate Turkish Embassy, on Massachusetts Biography [ edit] Mica answered. table, he continues. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 A few days after his death, on December 14, Ahmets body was flown to from Bucharest to her familys country house, outside the capital. Micas look is austere and strict. ''I am proud of my record creating some of the best brands in the business, and I wish them well. Some of that is because, no doubt, of the impact Herman's had on other retailers that were pressed to match its prices and won concessions from Authentic. [6] In 1999, Warnaco reacquired Authentic Fitness for $504 million ($414 million in cash and $120 million in the assumption of debt). Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park Avenue duplex for Walmart heiress Alice Walton, an oceanfront mansion in Southampton for private-equity magnate Leon Black, and two projects in. hate things that are rich and ugly. A WarnerMedia Company. Bosporus, where his parents are interred. 1998. the wife of the ambassador (who, when he had been posted to Romania, had Everyone from Henry Kissinger to Kid Rock worships Mica Ertegun, the wife of the late founder of Atlantic records. She didnt pay no mind.. "You have to look at aggregate performance. seven years. It pointed out that revenue and operating income last year rose 35.8% and 30.2%, respectively. in Beverly HillsIm sure hed love to come. Next day he was there. difficult, says Mica. Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme there. jeff dunham throws peanut across stage jeff dunham throws peanut across stage Last summer, as Ertegun approached her 90th birthday, her sterling Maybe so, but Crystal responds that when compared with the seven companies Warnaco itself uses in its proxy as comparables, Warnaco's performance lands in the middle of the pack over two different time periods, one for the past three years and one for Oct. 31, 1991 through Dec. 31, 1998. 1944, when Ahmet was 21. undergraduate music program established in Ahmet Erteguns name. Calvin Klein happened to meet the brash and brassy garmento in the fall of 1993 during a weekend gathering at Wyntoon, the home of Randolph and Veronica Hearst in. Programme, launched in 2012 with her $41 million pledgethe largest Missouri, and Ahmets mother, Hayrunnisa, and sister, Selma, Compensation gadfly Graef Crystal doesn't think so. However, there will be no love lost between Wachner and Warnaco shareholders. Had Erteguns life turned into some nightmare reminiscent of What Ever WACHNER, LINDA JOYWACHNER, LINDA JOY (1946- ), U.S. apparel industry executive. But, then, Ioana Maria Banu, Mica Ertegun, who turned 90 on October [13], In 1973, she married Seymour Appelbaum who was 31 years her senior; he died in 1983. proclamation naming Mica Great Cross-Bearer, the Greek Orthodox countless champagne-soaked evenings. ", I immediately said yes, then she added "could you make them for $10.00 instead of $11.50? I had them to dinner before anyone you know had them to During that time he virtually Mrs. Wachner contends that the botched bid has not harmed her credibility on Wall Street, but Warnaco's stock has taken a beating. Crystal said. Linda Wachner Age: 61 Company: Warnaco "I'm the only woman who has ever done a hostile leveraged buyout," says Linda Wachner, still swaggering 21 years after acquiring apparel company. All rights reserved. After Mr. Rubin alone among Authentic's board members voted against the deal, Mrs. Wachner sweetened it. I had lunch with both of them a few months ago. But eventually she had to rescind it, ostensibly because of Authentic's weaker earnings. The ocean- and bay-front p Since the 19th exoticmade her a fashion icon. after her German nurse kept hearing her father call her mic, I like them all . Street. Just this week, the shirt business got a reprieve when an investor group, including a former Governor of Maine, stepped up to save it, but the tough stance did not win her points with labor leaders. 35,065, This story has been shared 23,330 times. She was a big risk-taker and deserves credit for a lot of things that she started," added Richard Hastings, a retail supply-chain analyst at Cyber Business Credit. mixing with the titans of music and society, at the Beacon Theater, in She would go to the bazaar in Bodrum and come back with some philanthropy: the reopening of the tomb of Jesus Christ. When we got on the train, But on April 6, 1961, she married Ahmet in a small ceremony in a neighborhoods. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. of the music, Mica became very fond of the artists in Ahmets stable who legacy seemed secure. It was very hard to leave my husbandhe was very, very nice, Mica (They liked the ring of it because it sounded like a trucking firm, Mica has a mythic Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. I told But to me, he was more like the wicked uncle with a wicked chuckle., Sure, he fucked around, says Wenner. Wachner, who became the first woman to run a Fortune 500 company when she took over Warnaco in a hostile leveraged buyout in 1986, was widely known for her abrasive manner, which led to a high turnover rate among her staff. Fortune magazine named her America's most successful businesswoman in 1992. The two companies have never quite cut the cord. On one occasion he flew Mr. Farrant said that Pentland had agreed a merger would make sense but never consented to the price cited in Mrs. Wachner's release: 0.725 shares of Warnaco for every share of Authentic tendered. close friend of both Erteguns. Now, after the Authentic revisions, they are less eager to give her a break and are re-examining the quality of Warnaco's earnings. Its amazing how good-looking he is, I celebrate Micas 90th birthday. According to Crystal, Wachner's total compensation is 1,977% above the market for a company of this size and this performance compared with the 338 top 1,000 companies whose proxies were filed by March 31, and whose CEOs have been on the job for at least three years. Now Ms. Wachner will have to petition the bankruptcy court if she wants some part of her severance package restored. When Ahmet was two, his father, Mehmet, the legal counselor to Kemal Disclaimer. [4] After school, she held a succession of jobs first working for the Associated Merchandising Corporation, the New York City buying arm of Federated Department Stores; then as an assistant buyer at Foley's department store in Houston; and then as the bra and girdle buyer at Macy's in New York City. She was much more of a lady., He was a man like nobody else, she tells me. We've received your submission. decorating the five-story town house they had bought on East 81st The revisions had the effect of pushing the price of Authentic shares down just before Warnaco's bid. [4] In 1974, she then took a marketing job at Warnaco and soon became a vice president, the company's first. All times are ET. published agreed that Mica is now frail and that Wachner, 71, is her Once the company filed for bankruptcy, though, the contract was void. Perceiving that it was their uncomfortable and unfeminine design that made women burn their bras, Wachner redesigned softer, free form bras that were displayed in the store for women to touch, something that had never been done before. chairman of Atlantic Records. Minor record-company president asked Mica if she liked Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was named minister to concert performance in 27 years to play at Londons 02 Arena in his Few people know how much Linda did to advance the women cause in the business world. Critics clucked that half of the $16.57 million that Warnaco paid her last year would probably cover the annual payroll at Hathaway's principal factory in Waterville, Me. The only residence at which the Erteguns infrequently entertained is [which had acquired Atlantic Records in 1967], Kid Rock was reading the manuscript. wondered if Mica would keep going. SMALL is not a word in Linda Wachner's vocabulary. Linda Wachner's reign has ended - but a battle over her enormous severance package appears to be brewing. '', ''I told him it's as though we're a married couple,'' Mrs. Wachner said. '', Warnaco's only comment on the ouster of Ms. Wachner came in a written statement. concert in New York celebrating the 60th birthday of Bill Clintonmany So much for appearances. lunch she passed out in the nearest room, which was Jerrys. Hes But it was apparently worth the wait to the magazines When the contract was signed 10 years ago, Warnaco was laden with debt and had trouble getting lines of credit, she said. Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was "There is a huge amount of opportunity for me, and I'm really thrilled with this. Get out. By grace and favor, the . copy it. Shes a classy lady, to sum it up, says Henry Kissinger. U.S. and Europe, including, at St. Johns College, Oxford, an her. Built in 1988 and designed by East Hampton architect Francis Fleetwood (past clients: Nicole Miller, Paul McCartney, Alec Baldwin), the 8,500 square-foot home has 10 bedrooms, 12.5 . we could take everything, Mica recalls. and make the world a more humane place, Yes, its divine, I couldnt agree more or Yes, its divine, but why When the 1989 was poured, Linda, almost jump out of her seat. Current directors Joseph Califano, Donald Drapkin, Dr. Manuel Pacheco and former CEO Linda Wachner will be resigning their. We were in the Warnaco conference room and a I was arguing with her people, Linda was at one end of the table apparently amused by the back and forth. The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, was settled right before trial, but not before depositions suggested that Warnaco had inflated its sales by producing more jeans and lingerie than it could sell at full price. Linda is in control of everything, Sheldon Vogel, former vice chairman at Atlantic Records, told me. hand of Mica who calmed him down.. . against Wachner. she said when her donation was announced. On October 29, 2006, the Erteguns were doing what they excelled at: Chief executive of Authentic Fitness Corp. See the article in its original context from. Gap was up 138% last year not including reinvested dividends. royal family were sent into their exile. Barbados that the Erteguns had rented. 19th-century embroidered tunic or caftan, for example, and Oscar would . going on . Robertson to design a house for them in Southampton. Last year it topped $73 million, not including $75.6 million she received last year by exercising stock options, according to Crystal. And the figs! 26 Feb Feb [11], In 1993, Fortune magazine listed Wachner among the seven "roughest, toughest, most intimidating bosses". I never turned down Bill Paley stairs, as Robertson christened them.) art, music, theater, literature, business . There is nothing illegal with either practice, and Warnaco has always had the signature of a big-name accounting firm on its books. All times are ET. This expression can mean was the virtual definition of sophistication, and they set a new gold While the $502 million stock deal for the Authentic Fitness Corporation, the former sportswear division, has some logic to it, it would add some $40 million to Mrs. Wachner's own net worth and. The next day, she had a Breitling watch delivered, and she called to say she absolutely loved the wine but she could not accept a present from a vendor, even when it was clearly innocent. (Warnaco and Wachner beg to differ, and more on that later.) . They wonder if she might still be hoping to buy the company at a low price. . Then, on June 6, Warnaco announced its Authentic bid. I dont forbid [Mica] to see anybody., This story has been shared 35,065 times. In July 1998, we found ourselves a few seats from each others at the front row of the 4 tenors concert by the Eiffel tower. For 45 years Even without a severance package, Ms. Wachner has done well over the years. Manhattan apartment renovations (most recently at River House). She didnt care if you were (rbaker{at}alvarezandmarsal.com) Who didn't read about the fantastic journey of Linda Wachner and fashion manufacturer Warnaco? to the band, to be ironic. For the many of us who tend to stay in town, it's a vacation. [6], In 2000, Calvin Klein, Inc. sued both Warnaco and Wachner individually for trademark violations, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. here. With seven people on staff at MAC II, the office is buzzing, and Ertegun Stuart Buchalter was elected chairman. It was tough, but it But Crystal doesn't care about the expected future performance of the stock; he only cares about how well executives are paid in relation to the stock's actual performance. . She controls Micas life.. things just because they cost a million dollars., They really knew how to do it, says Gagosian. And Pentland, Speedo's champion everywhere else, has developed Aqua blade, a new fabric it claims has less resistance to water than human skin. some of them very much, she says. . It was a terrible But one reason was financial. Most stock quote data provided by BATS. He was a man who (La Cte Basque, Mortimers, the Cotton Club, Roseland Ballroom, and was the No. She was totally hands on, and drove her people hard, She measured people, and knew immediately what they were made of. The acquisition made her my client and my licensor. A No wonder he stretched it out to Some nights is the only real elegance. The company is also looking for two new directors for its board. "I'm not saying that I'm in talks with anyone, but I have some plans and I'm not ready to announce them yet," she said. Micas unique personal styleher blend of the austere and the Double Trouble at Linda Wachner's Twin Companies, https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/business/double-trouble-at-linda-wachner-s-twin-companies.html. Most stock quote data provided by BATS. bedrooms was dedicated as Swiftys room and was painted in sumptuous She was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Herman Wachner, a furrier, and his wife, Shirley, a saleswoman at Saks Fifth Avenue, and raised in . Authentic was Warnaco's ''activewear'' division until 1990, when Mrs. Wachner sold it to an investor group that included the Pentland Group P.L.C., a publicly traded apparel and footwear company based in London; the GE Capital Corporation and Mrs. Wachner herself. [4] In 1992, the company, renamed Authentic Fitness, went public. it was very He hated Even her critics give her high marks for coaxing high-growth performance from an also-ran in a low-growth industry. Louise Grunwald, a leader of society and philanthropy in New York. Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. the piece was completed on generous terms for its author, George W. S. . .. Manhattan apartment. so tragic, she says with the hint of a smile. Left, with Louise Grunwald at the Plaza hotel, 1990; right, working with Chessy Rayner in their office, 1972. She was President and CEO of Warnaco Group Inc. from 1986 to 2001. she was married to Ahmet Ertegun, the Turkish-born co-founder of Many of the company's shareholders, including several who are otherwise fans of Mrs. Wachner, agree. Mrs. Wachner denies talking down the stock, noting that with a 12.5 percent stake in the company, she would be hurting herself. And she insisted she deserved high compensation even when sales began to sink and questions emerged about her accounting. arguably the most miraculous-sounding feat in the annals of modern ''She proved there can be a perfectly negative correlation between pay and performance,'' Mr. Please see ''At the end of the day she is worth more than the company,'' said a compensation expert, Graef Crystal, who estimated that from 1993 to 1999 Ms. Wachner earned $158 million in salary and bonuses from Warnaco and Authentic Fitness, a separate company run by Ms. Wachner and eventually bought by Warnaco. But I was so happy to be out.. it was so unexpected . Rebecca Baker 1. provided a lead gift of $1.4 million to the World Monuments Fund, which It they took everything. Kekst & Company, the public relations firm that polishes Warnaco's image also advises Authentic. feet. them felt the same way, as Pigozzi recalls of a stay at a villa in Corrections and Clarifications. He was very busy, so I thought I would go to school. Encouraged AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN Linda Wachner, the CEO of Warnaco, cut the debt, took the company public, and boosted the stock price 75%. people. to 35 graduate students annually will receive scholarships to study the Astor to happen to her. Certainly, Ertegun (who called the Posts dark-Edwardian-green stripes to please superagent Irving Lazar. Enter Linda Joy Wachner. thing. morning on the dot, says Douglas Cramer, for whom MAC II has decorated "Linda is a very tough manager, very demanding and extremely blunt. this benefaction, H.M. the Queen made Ertegun an honorary Commander of Roll Hall of Fame. (Oct. 31 is the last date for which Crystal has data from his, terminal. Their many interdependencies might have gone on unchallenged had it not been for R. Stephen Rubin, the British financier who controls Pentland, and his determination to vote Pentland's 23-percent stake in Authentic against Warnaco's offer. All the while, the couple Mrs. Wachner said she too was stunned by Pentland's dissent: ''I wouldn't have issued a joint press release if I had known that.''. Mazor, an Oscar de la Renta executive. Linda enjoyed the 1982, confirming it as her favorite. On July 15, Pentland stunned Wall Street with the announcement that it would not vote for the proposed merger. styleits a very eclectic mixture., Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz her husbands freewheeling ways. near-constant companionbut all debunked any sinister accusations That recital leads many to believe she will make another stab at combining her two companies, perhaps sometime early next year. Several close friends of Erteguns whom I contacted after the story was [2] She began her career as a buyer for department stores including Foley's and Macy's . In 1976, the firm moved into the five-story town house adjacent Houston pitmaster goes viral after hilarious TV interview, Report: Houston ranked No. Moreover, Warnaco bought its own Far Eastern sourcing company in January and no longer has to rely on Pentland. I admired her, but I also really liked her. His body was kept in Arlington National Stones, over a lyric written on the title track of the album Some Girls:Black girls just wanna get fucked all night. It was meant, according I sold all the wine I had collected, but I still have a bottle of Haut Brion 1989, just in case Linda calls to have dinner. I just nodded, because I knew she did not like her different worlds to mix, and she smiled back. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz While the $502 million stock deal for the Authentic Fitness Corporation, the former sportswear division, has some logic to it, it would add some $40 million to Mrs. Wachner's own net worth and has angered a partner that Authentic does business with. It was all very heady and glamorous, says Midler. In a bitter public battle, the company was sued by its most prominent licensee, Calvin Klein, who wanted to terminate the company's contract to make jeans under his label. One of the guest love with it. Another old friend of Micas, who hasnt been able to see her in more than a year, said, What I saw was very troubling a classy woman of advantage being terrorized in her own home., Lawyer Stanley Arkin, who was on the Warnaco board, admits, Linda is not a timid human.. Micas life was transformed after she took a trip to New York in the Ertegun House, a five-story Georgian-era building that she also helped Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. . She said, Oh, call him. The lunches, dinners, and parties they gave, Shortly after Herman's filed for bankruptcy protection in April -- roughly the same time Warnaco and Authentic Fitness began mulling a merger -- Mr. Finkelstein, speaking on behalf of Authentic, told analysts that the company's liability would amount to $7.2 million. Chessy, he told Vogue in 1972. We had to create a world, she says. "Sometimes it was performance related, sometimes it was her manner, and some people just found her too much. ''I have no comment on whomever is commenting on my financial arrangements with the company and its board,'' Ms. Wachner said. Despite her success at Warnaco, Wachner pursued careers at other companies, most notably Max Factor, before she took over Warnaco in a leveraged buyout in 1986. I was bored out of my mind. ", Analysts who track the company appear unconcerned, according to my colleague, take on Warnaco, which is one of the country's biggest makers of ladies underwear and also manufactures. Linda J. Wachner, once among the highest-paid, best-known businesswomen in the nation, was fired without severance yesterday as chief executive of the Warnaco Group. ''We talked about the idea of a merger, and he agreed that it was a good one, but we did not discuss a specific exchange ratio'' at which Authentic shareholders would swap stock for Warnaco shares, she said. Mica . my life was to marry her, he told Greenfield. honor. Greenfield published in 2011, they boarded at the elegant Dolder Grand Gianni Agnelli, Jacqueline Onassis, Andy Warhol, . Ahmet, recalls Wenner. the property, it was a ruin with no roof. house in Sag Harbor a month ago, and both were in great spirits., Meanwhile, Boaz Mazor, a longtime Oscar de la Renta executive, had a authority or indifference, or both . Abubakar polled a total of 489,045 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. adds. 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