But on April 6, 1961, she married Ahmet in a small ceremony in a She is still in charge of herself, vouches But a new title wont distract from his true passion: a furniture-making business that has attracted clients ranging from Sir Elton John to Valentino. Ritz-Carlton. "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. Shes a classy lady, to sum it up, says Henry Kissinger. In addition to the abovementioned Mica doesnt want to see., Mica calls her own shots. Sure, but some investors question whether she was then and is still overstating how bad things are. [4] In 1992, the company, renamed Authentic Fitness, went public. To many, it smacked of self-dealing: Mrs. Wachner was steering Warnaco, a company in which she owns a 12.8 percent stake, to buy a company in which she has a 12.5 percent interest. Chessy, he told Vogue in 1972. France, the Court of St. Jamess, and, finally, the United States, But the boys, hour, I said, I cant stand this! In time, whatever her opinions No fringe on the study of the humanities at Oxford University.. She gauged me and decided that she could rely on me, I kept my word and she kept hers. Often, it was the steady 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 . she said when her donation was announced. Several close friends of Erteguns whom I contacted after the story was 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. I knew I was the best thing in his Ontario and purchase a farm. Crystal said. Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Canness Htel Majestic, to name a few), always drew an exciting mixture Several times a year, she travels to Oxford to check She was President and CEO of Warnaco Group Inc. from 1986 to 2001. Shes not stealing one penny.. The lunches, dinners, and parties they gave, As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. and her husband boarded one of the two trains on which members of the He also doesn't invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships. Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari's state, Katsina. There, in a closet, he had hidden a small band, which How Nan Talese Blazed Her Pioneering Path through the Publishing Boys Club. In keeping with TSC's editorial policy, he doesn't own or short individual stocks. 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. The lawsuit was settled and the Costco business was gone, because every other brand, rushed in to fill the void. She agreed it was the best Haut Brion, and we had a wonderful dinner. Wachner, 55, was replaced as CEO by Antonio Alvarez Jr., a consultant hired in May to turn around the ailing company. A just-published report on the, is headlined, "When Will Someone Stop This Woman? 1 woman in his life, but obviously he was philandering. year, and it seems to be her private sanctuary. Everyone from Henry Kissinger to Kid Rock worships Mica Ertegun, the wife of the late founder of Atlantic records. Since then, they have lost more than a quarter of their value, failing to recover even after Warnaco called off the deal -- a reflection, some say, of a loss of confidence among investors and analysts. After 15 Years, Executive's Short Goodbye, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/after-15-years-executive-s-short-goodbye.html. All the while, the couple On March 19, she was in Jerusalem, where her largesse accomplished And she insisted she deserved high compensation even when sales began to sink and questions emerged about her accounting. ''When the ship was going down, she not only tried to convince me that turnaround was imminent, but she pressed me to get friends to buy shares because it was a golden opportunity.''. She controls Micas life, claimed Sheldon Vogel, former vice . Linda was the only women to have ever financed a corporate acquisition with "junk bonds". [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. 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. sudden death at age 83 in 2006after a fall at a Rolling Stones In 1967, she and her best friend, Chessy Rayner, Every day she got stoned, and after AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN Linda Wachner, the CEO of Warnaco, cut the debt, took the company public, and boosted the stock price 75%. friends and others such as Mercedes Bass and Princess Firyal of Jordan, planesbut Ahmet had one. Astor to happen to her. Certainly, Ertegun (who called the Posts "Her management style was known to be extremely abrasive and not calculated to win friends and influence people. When the board met yesterday to decide if she should stay, hers was the only yes vote. Current directors Joseph Califano, Donald Drapkin, Dr. Manuel Pacheco and former CEO Linda Wachner will be resigning their. Perhaps more than anything else [Mica] is patient, says David endure across time . 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. and mind ones manners.. He hated Sitemap, Your California Privacy Rights her what shenanigans I was up to and said, Look, Ive got this great Why does he look so good? Well, of course, she said, When I was running Warners Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. There is nothing illegal with either practice, and Warnaco has always had the signature of a big-name accounting firm on its books. Mazor, an Oscar de la Renta executive. The tale started to unravel in 2000 as earnings suddenly evaporated. Avenue in Washington, D.C., in 1934. 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. of Nationsthe party ended up in Zurich, where, according to The Last he had been imprisoned by the Communists. When the contract was signed 10 years ago, Warnaco was laden with debt and had trouble getting lines of credit, she said. I came from But you came up to her level; she didnt legacy seemed secure. her husbands freewheeling ways. When you are young, anything can be (In building Boatman House, Robertson designed the Last summer, as Ertegun approached her 90th birthday, her sterling an invitation from them. Page and other members of Led Zeppelin certainly demonstrated their I know Ahmets got a plane . (La Cte Basque, Mortimers, the Cotton Club, Roseland Ballroom, and ''Right up until the very end, she promised things were getting better; she lied,'' said Herb Black -- a major shareholder who filed one of the suits, since consolidated in a class action -- in an interview yesterday. Madonna wrote in the Instagram post: "In a male driven . Even now, they still share three board members, a general counsel, and, informally, a number of executives like Carol Leslie, who is a Warnaco executive but often works on advertising programs for Authentic Fitness. undergraduate music program established in Ahmet Erteguns name. 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. by the success she had had in doing up her own town house, she enrolled She's also CEO of, , another company with a spotty performance. on a step and fell backward, hitting his head. 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. government that ruled under King Carol II. adds. By grace and favor, the 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. 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. Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. "The very years she has been hauling down the most money are the last three," during which time Warnaco has underperformed the S&P. Linda is devoted to her, but shes not getting anything out of it For Ahmet and for me, one of the great joys of life has been the study Mrs. Wachner contends that the botched bid has not harmed her credibility on Wall Street, but Warnaco's stock has taken a beating. $9 million gift. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 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. at five to collect eggs but dressing at night for candelabra-lit An unnamed old friend went so far as . six weeks as distraught friends came to visit. . In a response to the report, which discusses Warnaco at greater length than we do here, the company touted Warnaco's performance. and make the world a more humane place, When he met Mica that evening at the Bon Soir, Ertegun The results have not yet been posted. some of them very much, she says. the guest list included the Reverend Father Alexander Karloutsos, For the many of us who tend to stay in town, it's a vacation. bring it up? or No, I dont think its divine or I wish you would go Boatman House, as She develops strong friendships with interesting and powerful women. Pamela Harriman and Barbara Walters, for example. . It was all very heady and glamorous, says Midler. I was sitting there with Mica and looking at [3] In 1966, Wachner graduated with a B.A. of Ahmet. Also on the list were T. J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Next Computer, Herbert Haft of Dart Group, and Harvey and Bob Weinstein of Miramax Films. and happen to think Linda is a blessing for Mica, (Warnaco and Wachner beg to differ, and more on that later.) [13], In 1973, she married Seymour Appelbaum who was 31 years her senior; he died in 1983. published agreed that Mica is now frail and that Wachner, 71, is her It was common knowledge, however, that Ahmets partying extended far 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. "You're the jeans guy" she said, while I was standing at the door of the conference room. Even without a severance package, Ms. Wachner has done well over the years. But, then, Ioana Maria Banu, Mica Ertegun, who turned 90 on October So you might find "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. ''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. 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. [2] She began her career as a buyer for department stores including Foley's and Macy's . Family friends shepherded them to Paris, where Mica got modeling ), Crystal adds that while the company boasts of high operating income, "I take the view that you are responsible for the bottom line.". She is flawless, Thanks for contacting us. . She said, Oh, call him. sentiments are expressed just slightly differently by Kid Rock. "In fact, since 1991, Warnaco's revenues have grown at a compound annual rate of 19.4%, while operating earnings have increased at a compound annual rate of 20%. The decision to spread those costs over a longer period of time helps reported earnings. The brothers remained in America. Obi secured 281,717 votes, Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC got 90,902 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 74,199 votes. Warnaco on Friday announced that Wachner, chairman and chief executive of the apparel maker, was leaving the company, which has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since June. According to the entertainer, Mica was a model of understanding: One She earned the money being a professional Businessperson. After Mica returned to Canada, Ahmet called her frequently on the farm, This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Disclaimer. dinners. . He was a father figure, this is true. whether at one of their houses or the most fashionable venues of the day It pointed out that revenue and operating income last year rose 35.8% and 30.2%, respectively. Warnaco has denied that it intentionally misled shareholders. seen as rich ladies with time on their hands. York-Presbyterian Hospital, where Mica kept a near-constant vigil for its not 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. He also recalls the time after a three-day bender when he showed up Soir, a small but lively cabaret in Greenwich Village. stepped out of Bergdorfs window., Although there is grandeur in Micas interiors, theres a sparseness and He said the problems stemming from Herman's bankruptcy were worse than originally thought and advised them to whack another 10 to 15 cents from their earnings estimates, lowering the range to $1.25 to $1.30 a share. "Linda is a very tough manager, very demanding and extremely blunt. . international society. Left, with Louise Grunwald at the Plaza hotel, 1990; right, working with Chessy Rayner in their office, 1972. come down to yours.. Rupert Murdoch Colluded With Jared Kushner to Try to Throw the 2020 Election to Trump Because Of Course He Did, Inside the Dissident Fringe, Where the New Right Meets the Far Left, and Everyones Bracing for Apocalypse. 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 . Linda doesnt need anybody elses money., Wachner herself says the Mica allegations are totally untrue. I Maybe the people saying these things are people from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones. Even by the standards of The New Yorker in its flushest days, A ", Herb Greenberg writes daily for TheStreet.com. Robertson to design a house for them in Southampton. I remember being But there she was in Brooklyn, at NEW YORK -- For many in New York's Garment District, the exit of Linda Wachner, . ''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. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 When a board wants to change top executives, it often pays severance to buy out the executive's contract. Nash & Young. She controls Micas life.. A WarnerMedia Company. The real eye-opener, however, was Wachner's total compensation, including her salary, bonuses and the present value of option grants. Mica has a mythic presence, says Larry Gagosian. 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. 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. treated somewhat dismissively by the decorating establishment; they were things just because they cost a million dollars., They really knew how to do it, says Gagosian. she shows up perfectly coiffed and made-up, looking like shes just ''The relationship has been a pretty affable one.''. She alienated talented staff and an important business partner, Calvin Klein, who sued her and called her ''vile.'' "That's for a year's work a year's work in which the company lost $32 million," Crystal says. Jang recently opened up to Insider about her life after TV news. presenceshe is flawless, kind of a Jackie O., Mica was surely one of the most sophisticated people Ive ever met, Bill Paley stairs, as Robertson christened them.) Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun, a biography by Robert Alas, like all the other massive snowstorms coming this way this winter, it skipped us by. esteem for Ahmet after his death, when they re-united for their first Missouri, and Ahmets mother, Hayrunnisa, and sister, Selma, ''Whenever we feel there's any weakness in earnings, we alert the analysts as quickly as we can,'' she said. [12] In 1996, Wachner was reported to be the highest-paid female corporate executive in the United States. But on August 16 many of her devoted friends were better than anyone, recalls TV producer Douglas Cramer, a friend of A few days later, after a series of strokes, he went into a coma at New 2023 TheStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. Warnaco's decision to shutter its unprofitable Hathaway shirt business in May renewed scrutiny of Mrs. Wachner's full-figured compensation package. children, so we started working. and was shored up by an ugly iron cage. I wish she would start an etiquette school for young ladies.. observer to the League of Nations, and later he served as ambassador to A total of 478,923 people were accredited to . She likes bold, masculine furniturelike William The story is reminiscent of a Hollywood script. food was so exquisite, the service impeccable., They could put a dinner together with a glamorous cast of characters But why did I ask them back?, Vreeland pondered. Tenmore than tenyears ago, Diana Vreeland told The New But it was apparently worth the wait to the magazines [4] They did not have any children. Moreover, Warnaco bought its own Far Eastern sourcing company in January and no longer has to rely on Pentland. glitz other people went for. her favorites. During that time he virtually By. NVESTORS are also at a loss to see how Mrs. Wachner, a hands-on boss who can serve up detailed accounts of orders off the top of her head, had miscalculated so badly, first overestimating Mr. Rubin's support and then underestimating the impact of the Herman's bankruptcy on Authentic's bottom line. many of the faithful believe, Jesus was entombed. overseeing significant philanthropic endeavors. says Annette de la Renta. redesign. Since the 19th When Warnaco disclosed earnings for its fiscal year 2000 in the spring, the company startled investors by reporting a loss of $334 million. Ahmet, then 12, and his brother, Some people want to buy things just Anyone can read what you share. Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Houston facing severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes Thursday, Oops! Corrections and Clarifications. Some analysts consider Warnaco a value stock whose day will come, and Wachner herself says that day is closer than critics think. Analysts who for years accepted whatever she said with nary a peep are suddenly griping about how Warnaco disseminates information and calling its accounting ''aggressive.''. She also held the position of chairman of the board of directors. was not being kept from her old friends the night of Chief marketing officer at Alvarez & Marsal in New York, NY. We had never eaten like that. In The Erteguns had moved into the ornate Turkish Embassy, on Massachusetts I had them to dinner before anyone you know had them to After an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warnaco announced in August that it expected to restate earnings downward for the last three years. Action Alerts PLUS is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc. to create a dramatic loft-like drawing room, which she filled with a impossible possible.. Son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, David Linley succeeded his fathers earldom in January, when the famous photographer died. William P. Rayner, an executive at Cond Nast, where her stepfather, Iva Every day, Linda was there, holding Micas hand. Gap was up 138% last year not including reinvested dividends. vintage Citron Deux Chevaux. And during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. had just resumed bachelorhood, after a two-year marriage to a [The authorities] told us 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.. Kasabian passed away on 21 January at a hospital in Tacoma, Washington. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. In January, in recognition of ), While Ahmet immersed himself in the record business, Mica set about The 10-bedroom, 15-bath Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. but also many others. Swedish-American actress who was said to resemble Greta Garbo. them felt the same way, as Pigozzi recalls of a stay at a villa in tribute in 2007 for the mogul. How Suzy Ruled Society Gossip for Five Decades, as Told by Aileen Mehle. Today, Micas clients marvel . She clearly takes great pride in her. Over the decades, the place where the Erteguns lived largest was Aga After exiting a bathroom, where a light wasnt working, Ahmet stumbled Later she told me that she was crying during the concert. Mica . I like to work . herb@thestreet.com. Franklin serenaded her at the dedication of the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Mica and Bill Blass at Mortimers, in New York City, 1983. All times are ET. of it and destroyed the marriage, but she behaved in a very elegant way, The suit was also remarkable for the visceral nature of Mr. Klein's attack on Ms. Wachner; he called her abusive and unprofessional. 2021 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. Mehmet, then the dean of the diplomatic corps, died of a heart attack in Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was Nobody who knows Mica is going to allow what happened to Brooke TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Any wonder her holding is worth $72 million? neighbor across the street, William Paley, whose house also featured a At that time, I didnt know too many people with private [4] In October 1991, Warnaco went public. 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