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American businesswoman (born 1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aerin Rebecca Lauder Zinterhofer (born April 23, 1970)[1] is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman.[2]
Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer | |
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Born | Aerin Rebecca Lauder April 23, 1970 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Creative director, Estée Lauder Companies |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Father | Ronald Lauder |
Relatives | Estée Lauder (grandmother) Jane Lauder (sister) Leonard Lauder (uncle) William P. Lauder (cousin) |
Lauder is the daughter of Jo Carole Lauder (née Knopf) and Ronald Lauder.[3] Her father served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria under President Ronald Reagan, and is the president of the World Jewish Congress.[4] She is the granddaughter of Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder, the cofounders of the cosmetics company Estée Lauder Companies. She has one sister, Jane Lauder Warsh.[5]
Lauder graduated from University of Pennsylvania.[6] She worked at the family company during and after college. She then studied at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.[7]
Lauder is the style and image director for the Estée Lauder Companies[8] and has her own cosmetic, perfume, fashion, and furniture line named AERIN.[5] She also has a furniture and accessories collection.[9][10]
She owns 16 million shares in the Estée Lauder Companies making her worth $2.7 billion as of 2019[5][11] and ranking her 319 on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.[12]
In 1996, Lauder married Eric Zinterhofer in a Jewish ceremony in Wainscott, New York.[6] Zinterhofer is an investment banker, the co-founder of the private equity firm Searchlight Capital Partners and the former co-head of media and telecommunications investing at Apollo Global Management.[5] The couple lives in New York City[13] and East Hampton, New York[8][14] with their two sons.[15] She also has homes in Aspen, Colorado[16] and on the Pacific coast of Panama.[17][18]
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