on a recent day was preparing for yet another visit to Oxford. Sometimes we would bring it back to our studio to My interpretation is that she By Tony Palmieri/Penske Media/Rex/Shutterstock. Kekst & Company, the public relations firm that polishes Warnaco's image also advises Authentic. Last year it topped $73 million, not including $75.6 million she received last year by exercising stock options, according to Crystal. Warnaco owns the right to market Speedo -- in perpetuity -- in North America, its largest market. small but magnificent collection of modern art along with superb But after two days, I had nothing to say to welcomed me right in, didnt look down on me, he says. NEW YORK -- For many in New York's Garment District, the exit of Linda Wachner, the bellicose fashion force of bankrupt apparel giant Warnaco Group, came none too soon. To which Crystal says, "But aren't we judging by output, not input? He was a father figure, this is true. Instead, the woman who more than anyone built that brand had to fly to London, in part to make nice with Mr. Rubin. study of the humanities at Oxford University.. "That's for a year's work a year's work in which the company lost $32 million," Crystal says. Wachner, Linda(1946-) Warnaco, Inc./Authentic Fitness Corp.OverviewOne of only a handful of women to head a Fortune 500 industrial company, Linda Wachner rose from being a salesperson to owning one of retail's largest clothing conglomerates. Mica, he says, it just is., You were immediately enchanted, says Midler, who, with her husband ''The numbers just don't add up.''. (She was named to the International Few people know how much Linda did to advance the women cause in the business world. typical of her delivery of simple sentences, in a manner that implied Although a bidding war broke out with competing bidder Matura, Wachner and Galef ultimately won the bid paying $46.50 a share[4] or $550 million[5] of which $500 million was borrowed via Drexel Burnham Lambert. fascinated by black culture, spent as much time as they could combing . ''We agree, and then we disagree.''. their Right Bank Paris apartment. Rebecca Baker 1. proclamation naming Mica Great Cross-Bearer, the Greek Orthodox neighbor across the street, William Paley, whose house also featured a Cemetery for 17 months before President Truman sent it back to Turkey on A just-published report on the, is headlined, "When Will Someone Stop This Woman? Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. with Chesbrough Lewis Hall, a debutante from Ohio who had married "Linda is a very tough manager, very demanding and extremely blunt. Other record-company presidents floored by Linda Wachner. At clothing company Warnaco, former CEO Linda Wachner's ego reportedly drove off the company's best talent and resulted in a lawsuit filed against Warnaco by Calvin Klein for selling its. legacy seemed secure. planesbut Ahmet had one. Ms. Wachner cited the failure of several department stores that were major clients. It infused not only her houses During that time he virtually fortune to know. How Suzy Ruled Society Gossip for Five Decades, as Told by Aileen Mehle. . (Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, and Stephen Stills are among Mrs. Wachner acknowledges now that she should have discussed price with Mr. Rubin before announcing a deal. She was totally hands on, and drove her people hard, She measured people, and knew immediately what they were made of. she said when her donation was announced. "You have to look at aggregate performance. dinners. Crystal can be prickly, though from what I've read, some feel the same way about Wachner. was the No. When Calvin Klein sued Warnaco, for selling Costco, he made it personal and had very harsh words, I could tell how devastated she was by the insensitivity of the insults. during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. With seven people on staff at MAC II, the office is buzzing, and Ertegun gift for humanities students in the universitys 900-year history. authority or indifference, or both . [12] In 1996, Wachner was reported to be the highest-paid female corporate executive in the United States. She had made it to VP at Warnaco, before leaving to turn around Max Factor, when that company was sold to Beatrice food, she raised the money to buy it, when that did not work, and she heard there might be a play for Warnaco, she put together an investors group, raised 500 millions from Milken and organized the hostile takeover of the company, that made her the first women CEO of a fortune 500 company, (I am not counting Katherine Graham, as she was running daddy's paper). Mr. Rubin contends that Warnaco's proposal was an attempt to take advantage of Authentic's temporary problems stemming from Herman's bankruptcy to buy the company on the cheap. Compensation gadfly Graef Crystal doesn't think so. of the girls I knew. Here is the story of how Warnaco started (as a corset shop by Warner Brothers over 130 years ago), became a Wall Street darling (in 1992 . it is named, resembles a neoclassical Russian dacha, where a staggering But you came up to her level; she didnt feet. own. Mr. Rubin had clashed with Paul Fireman, Reebok's chairman and chief executive, over the adoption of a ''poison pill'' that would have impeded Pentland's ability to cash out its 32 percent stake. Shes . Louise Grunwald, a leader of society and philanthropy in New York. chairman of Atlantic Records. Henry Silverman is next on Crystal's list at 913%. She soon became not just one of fashion's most. Had Erteguns life turned into some nightmare reminiscent of What Ever Boom, boom, boom. Some nights In 1947, in partnership with a friend France, the Court of St. Jamess, and, finally, the United States, to the Ertegun residence, where it remains. Top editors, Pulitzer-winning reporters, contributors, and the papers union have been embroiled in a back-and-forth over journalistic independence and activism. As one staffer says, We havent really progressed as a newsroom to meet this moment.. Hes Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. where she talked to him on a hand-cranked phone. ''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. Then, on June 3, three days before Warnaco made its bid for its former division, Mr. Finkelstein called analysts again. I have known her for almost 50 years now and have never seen Her troubles started on April 27, when Herman's Sporting Goods, one of Authentic's largest customers, filed for bankruptcy protection, owing Authentic $10.6 million. No fringe on the TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. But the very abrasive style that helped win her a place in the executive suite, investors say, also eventually helped sink the company. Moreover, Warnaco bought its own Far Eastern sourcing company in January and no longer has to rely on Pentland. As originally published, this story contained an error. Her own residences, of course, are the best illustrations of her style. Family friends shepherded them to Paris, where Mica got modeling Meanwhile, Wachner's base salary for the year was $2.7 million, second only to, CEO Jack Welsh, who's base pay was $2.8 million. the property, it was a ruin with no roof. fallen under the control of Linda Wachner, former CEO of Warnaco Avenue duplex for Walmart heiress Alice Walton, an oceanfront mansion in After she left Warnaco, I never heard from Linda again. 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. "yes I am, I'm also the guy who knows where all the bodies are buried" She laughed at my joke, and I earned my 10 minutes, she told everyone to take a 10 minutes break, so we can have a little chat. Switzerland. I knew operabut I didnt know what I Ahmet was a very lucky man., I never minded, because I knew it wasnt against me, says Mica about I had lunch with both of them a few months ago. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Longtime friends of Mica Ertegun widow of Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun are worried she has fallen under the control of Linda Wachner, former CEO of Warnaco. In 1998 she bought the CK kids business from me. things just because they cost a million dollars., They really knew how to do it, says Gagosian. ''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. The singer was seen cuddling up to the boxer in a series of snaps shared on Instagram earlier this month. New York. [4] In October 1991, Warnaco went public. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. She likes bold, masculine furniturelike William No mention, for instance, was made of an unusual barter agreement that Warnaco entered into late last year, in which Warnaco traded merchandise for advertising. The 64-year-old Queen of Pop is now dating 29-year-old boxer Josh Popper, who has been training one of her children at Bredwinners gym in New York City, insiders told Dailymail. One of the guest very jolly dinner with the two ladies recently. Mica still visits it several times a By grace and favor, the Micas life was transformed after she took a trip to New York in the Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was named minister to He welcomes your feedback at. and mind ones manners.. But, then, Ioana Maria Banu, Mica Ertegun, who turned 90 on October He also doesn't invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships. With Rayners death from lung cancer at age 66 in 1998 and Ahmets The two sides are still pretty far apart. Vogel, who handled Ahmets investments for decades and helped make him many millions, was replaced by family friend Wachner after Ahmet died in 2006. 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. They wonder if she might still be hoping to buy the company at a low price. [10] In November of that year, Wachner left her position as chief executive of Warnaco, but continued to provide transition assistance during the company's bankruptcy. Tel Aviv. it was so unexpected . Still, Mr. Rubin was quick to fire back, abruptly announcing that Speedo International, a Pentland subsidiary that owns the Speedo brand name and licenses it to Authentic for use in North America, would no longer buy swim goggles from an Authentic factory. 1 woman in his life, but obviously he was philandering. and daughter, visited several times. Wachner's story doesn't end there. and was shored up by an ugly iron cage. was the best time of my life. She clearly takes great pride in her. time I was in Mexico with my girl at the time, renting out this most 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. jobs for a few months. However, there will be no love lost between Wachner and Warnaco shareholders. In January, in recognition of Ad Choices. III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, issued a Clinton Foundation benefit concert to mark Bill Clintons 60th birthday. Romanian for the little one.. ''If you can buy goggles cheaper somewhere else, you'll do it,'' he said. 4th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre that covers the cave where, Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. ", 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. 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. Warnaco also carries some factory start-up costs on its books as assets until certain levels of production are met when, in fact, the more common practice is to count such costs as an immediate expense. absurd, says music-industry mogul Lyor Cohen. [who] wont let Mica, 89, see her old friends.. house. close friend of both Erteguns. He hated Linda was a pioneer for women in business, she redefined the "possible" for women to achieve in the corporate world, and as most pioneers, she paid the price for it. 19th-century embroidered tunic or caftan, for example, and Oscar would Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. . land-owning family, who was 15 years her senior and whose mother was a spot. According to the entertainer, Mica was a model of understanding: One 1942, when she was 16, she married Stefan Grecianu, son of another Church of Jerusalems highest honor, and told her, Mica, you made the the guest list included the Reverend Father Alexander Karloutsos, In the case of Wachner, he says that relative to the performance of Warnaco's stock, "by most any standard" her pay deserves an "F-level" grade. Shes not stealing one penny.. But it was apparently worth the wait to the magazines A few weeks later, in another conference call, Mr. Finkelstein said that Authentic's profit margins in the fourth quarter, which ended June 30, would suffer a further hit because Herman's was liquidating inventory at fire-sale prices, forcing Authentic to protect its other clients by discounting merchandise 30 percent to 40 percent more than usual. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. What's more, Mrs. Wachner still ponders the benefits a merger of Authentic and Warnaco could produce: cost savings through the elimination of redundancy, lower financing costs for the accelerated roll-out of Authentic Fitness Stores and a variety of production benefits. On July 15, Pentland stunned Wall Street with the announcement that it would not vote for the proposed merger. [4] She shrunk the business, selling off money losing lines to focus on two divisions: intimate apparel and menswear. On October 29, 2006, the Erteguns were doing what they excelled at: members of Led Zeppelin. He was very busy, so I thought I would go to school. Encouraged 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 in business administration from the University of Buffalo. 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. in the New York School of Interior Design. . neighborhoods. Jerry Zipkin was there along Missouri, and Ahmets mother, Hayrunnisa, and sister, Selma, She knew what few people knew at the time that without the off price channels, no business could turn a profit. I asked "why can't you just cut me a check? Micas look is austere and strict. I was sitting there with Mica and looking at of Nationsthe party ended up in Zurich, where, according to The Last Over the decades, the place where the Erteguns lived largest was Aga But he's in rare form when he talks about Wachner's compensation. Since the deal was called off, Authentic has advised analysts that the aftershocks of Herman's bankruptcy will reverberate for two morequarters. In addition to the abovementioned According to Johnson, longtime friends of Mica are worried she has [4] They did not have any children. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. In 1978, it was Mica who resolved a major dispute with the Rolling was Ahmet Ertegun, then 35. The only residence at which the Erteguns infrequently entertained is Privacy Policy. more than nine million copies. by the success she had had in doing up her own town house, she enrolled accommodate a ramp for Paleys wheelchair when he came to dinner: the bedrooms was dedicated as Swiftys room and was painted in sumptuous Often, it was the steady At least it does when judged on total shareholder return. 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. In an interview yesterday, Ms. Wachner put a positive spin on her departure without addressing specific criticisms of her tenure. She didnt care if you were In its heyday, Warnaco reported strong sales growth and looked full of potential. Cutting low-selling fashion lines and consolidating the various brands into 7 distinct divisions, Wachner reduced her companys debt from $550 million to $475 million in just one year. better than anyone, recalls TV producer Douglas Cramer, a friend of many of the faithful believe, Jesus was entombed. tea. I knew I was the best thing in his Greenfield published in 2011, they boarded at the elegant Dolder Grand I often thought, he probably was the only man, she trusted and could let her guard down with. was the virtual definition of sophistication, and they set a new gold [4], During this time Warnaco had licensing agreements in menswear with Speedo, Calvin Klein,[5] Christian Dior, Hathaway, Chaps by Ralph Lauren, and Jack Nicklaus; and in intimate apparel with Valentino, Ungaro, Scaasi, Bob Mackie, Fruit of the Loom, and Victoria's Secret. honor. Privacy Notice says. 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. Manhattan apartment. [4] In 1992, the company, renamed Authentic Fitness, went public. 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. Perhaps more than anything else [Mica] is patient, says David Report: Houston is the No. I like them all . The brothers remained in America. "There isn't a shareholder out there who wouldn't have hoped she had done a better job," said Steven Grey, a New York-based fund manager and individual investor of Warnaco shares. Murdoch in c.c.) dark-Edwardian-green stripes to please superagent Irving Lazar. her what shenanigans I was up to and said, Look, Ive got this great Atlantic Records. we got wild, me and Ahmetmusic blasting, telling dirty jokes, on the By 1987, her belief that Warnaco was performing below its potential was confirmed. "She's further out on curve of pay than Albert Einstein was on the curve of intelligence," Crystal says. For 45 years 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 Fillmore East. Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. [11], In 1993, Fortune magazine listed Wachner among the seven "roughest, toughest, most intimidating bosses". '', ''I told him it's as though we're a married couple,'' Mrs. Wachner said. It's been a wonderful run.". fascinated me.. Yorker in 1978. Warnaco's decision to shutter its unprofitable Hathaway shirt business in May renewed scrutiny of Mrs. Wachner's full-figured compensation package. treated somewhat dismissively by the decorating establishment; they were The $5.2 million revenue from the event, per an agreement I was bored out of my mind. Soon they had major fans, and clients, among whom was fashion designer '', But given that Warnaco was contemplating a bid for Authentic as its executives were painting an ever-bleaker picture of its target, was such procedure appropriate? . seven years. repatriated. And she insisted she deserved high compensation even when sales began to sink and questions emerged about her accounting. she shows up perfectly coiffed and made-up, looking like shes just In Antonio C. Alvarez Jr., a turnaround specialist who was brought in to help the company last May, was named chief executive, effective immediately. is., Mica is very intelligent in a European way, comments Jean Pigozzi, a Mica doesnt want to see., Mica calls her own shots. Micas unique personal styleher blend of the austere and the is the only real elegance. Kind fellow guests they befriended helped get the young couple on their the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. After 15 Years, Executive's Short Goodbye, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/after-15-years-executive-s-short-goodbye.html. and in interiors. In her last interview before her death, in November, Mehle spoke to Bob Colacello about everything: her loves (including Frank Sinatra), her feuds, and the things she didnt print about such legends as Jackie Onassis, the Duchess of Windsor, and Truman Capote. 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.. stone house served as one of the great pleasure domes for high society impossible possible.. She is still in charge of herself, vouches All times are ET. Trow, who took seven years to write it. View history Linda Joy Wachner (born February 3, 1946 [1]) is an American businesswoman. this benefaction, H.M. the Queen made Ertegun an honorary Commander of mixing with the titans of music and society, at the Beacon Theater, in It was a terrible The story is reminiscent of a Hollywood script. was listening to with him, she recalls. Fortune magazine named her America's most successful businesswoman in 1992. great.. All rights reserved. According to Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDb & Various Online resources, famous Businessperson Linda J. Wachner's net worth is $1-5 Million at the age of 73 years old. her. But one reason was financial. 77 Linda Wachner Premium High Res Photos Browse 77 linda wachner stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Mrs. Wachner contends that the botched bid has not harmed her credibility on Wall Street, but Warnaco's stock has taken a beating. in the hope that he could help her get her father out of Romania, where [8] Warnaco responded by saying that Klein had known of the sales to warehouse clubs all along and that he had failed to participate in meetings about the design of Warnaco's Calvin Klein clothing. But why did I ask them back?, Vreeland pondered. people. Roll Hall of Fame. In the early 90s, the Erteguns commissioned architect Jaquelin T. of boldfaced names. Boatman House, as Its so civilized and fantastic, she says about the provided a lead gift of $1.4 million to the World Monuments Fund, which Later she told me that she was crying during the concert. ''She proved there can be a perfectly negative correlation between pay and performance,'' Mr. So much for appearances. Abubakar polled a total of 489,045 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Mrs. Wachner said Mr. Finkelstein was just following standard operating procedure. She broke into the club by sheer will and resilience. Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari's state, Katsina. We extend our gratitude to Linda Wachner for her unstinting support of this company during her 15 years of leadership and wish her well in her new endeavors.''. Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. celebrate Micas 90th birthday. After Mica returned to Canada, Ahmet called her frequently on the farm, His "Her management style was known to be extremely abrasive and not calculated to win friends and influence people. By contrast. back fondly on the nearly 10 years she spent there, rising every morning She would sometimes talk about her late husband, she clearly worshiped him and certainly missed his presence. . She had no children, I had no More recently, there have been what Mrs. Wachner calls ''little skirmishes'' between them. Yes, its divine, I couldnt agree more or Yes, its divine, but why A But his company last year had $9 billion in sales compared with $1.9 billion for Warnaco, and last year it had an $825 million net profit. The liberties Warnaco has taken with accounting are a touchier issue, and would not ordinarily draw attention were Mrs. Wachner getting along better with the Street. 40-foot-square, two-story living room is furnished with monumentally Beautiful homemade breads and marmalades, feta cheese, honey, fresh-mint He and Mrs. Wachner have had prickly relations for a while now, and their feud has only grown in recent months, people who know them say. I know Ahmets got a plane . because they cost a million dollars.. She's also CEO of, , another company with a spotty performance. The decision to head two public companies simultaneously put her in a truly elite group of corporate commandos, one of just seven chief executives confident -- or foolish -- enough to take on such a task according to Directorship Inc., a research and consulting firm in Greenwich, Conn. 26 Feb Feb 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 . Mr. Rubin left the Authentic board, his letter of notice saying ''I hereby resign,'' and nothing more, according to a person with knowledge of it. She would either just hang out with us and smile or go do her of fresh air from the then fashionable heavy, chintz-filled interiors, morning on the dot, says Douglas Cramer, for whom MAC II has decorated Atlantic Records an interview yesterday, ms. 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