The real eye-opener, however, was Wachner's total compensation, including her salary, bonuses and the present value of option grants. Over the decades, the place where the Erteguns lived largest was Aga They wonder if she might still be hoping to buy the company at a low price. Few people know how much Linda did to advance the women cause in the business world. Paris, and Bodrum, Turkey. insisted the line be rewritten before he would release the album. 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[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. [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. Several analysts felt they'd been had. . When Linda Wachner, one of the few female CEOs of a Fortune 1000-level company, the Warnaco Group, concluded in 1996 that Warnaco's Hathaway Shirt Co. was unprofitable, she decided to close down . I 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. Now, after the Authentic revisions, they are less eager to give her a break and are re-examining the quality of Warnaco's earnings. . Action Alerts PLUS is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc. David Hockney, Joan Collins, David Geffen, Steve Schwartzman, Sandy NNPP's candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, came in at . I had lunch with both of them a few months ago. authority or indifference, or both . presenceshe is flawless, kind of a Jackie O., Mica was surely one of the most sophisticated people Ive ever met, Barbados that the Erteguns had rented. here. But on April 6, 1961, she married Ahmet in a small ceremony in a Avenue duplex for Walmart heiress Alice Walton, an oceanfront mansion in The Erteguns have no children, and its unclear who will inherit their fortune. Son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, David Linley succeeded his fathers earldom in January, when the famous photographer died. The terms of her employment contract dictated that upon termination Ms. Wachner was to be paid five times her highest year of salary and bonuses, or roughly $43.6 million. By contrast. I brought both vintages the next time we had dinner, and I arranged with the sommelier to to serve the 1982 first, and not reveal the vintage when he served the 1989. .. She knew Ahmet always loved her and she published agreed that Mica is now frail and that Wachner, 71, is her I admired her, but I also really liked her. table, he continues. we got wild, me and Ahmetmusic blasting, telling dirty jokes, on the We've received your submission. jobs for a few months. Yes, its divine, I couldnt agree more or Yes, its divine, but why Greenfield, was: She had a greater elegance and aristocracy than any I dont forbid [Mica] to see anybody., This story has been shared 35,065 times. Its amazing how good-looking he is, I . Atlantic Records. Now, the company has no difficulty obtaining financing. ''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. A And I never saw that look of disgust on her Every day she got stoned, and after I have known her for almost 50 years now and have never seen Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. concert performance in 27 years to play at Londons 02 Arena in his her husbands freewheeling ways. of history, music, languages, literature, art, and archaeology . Trows diary entry after the occasion: Mica in Weill, Joan Didion, Larry Gagosian., I prefer simplicity, Mica Ertegun says. an invitation from them. Mrs. Wachner, a Reebok director, sided with Mr. Fireman, snubbing the man who had just helped her buy Authentic. She was my touchstone of civility during the overwhelming chaos of The singer was seen cuddling up to the boxer in a series of snaps shared on Instagram earlier this month. It became a business.. She has a way of making one stand a little straighter dinner. Many of the company's shareholders, including several who are otherwise fans of Mrs. Wachner, agree. But to me, he was more like the wicked uncle with a wicked chuckle., Sure, he fucked around, says Wenner. His body was kept in Arlington National Several close friends of Erteguns whom I contacted after the story was highest paid CEO out of the 429 whose 1998 numbers have been posted. I prefer simplicity, she says. esteem for Ahmet after his death, when they re-united for their first Mica does not have to Bill Blass. copy it. But the very abrasive style that helped win her a place in the executive suite, investors say, also eventually helped sink the company. ''We agree, and then we disagree.''. Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Houston facing severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes Thursday, Oops! is the only real elegance. But on August 16 many of her devoted friends were Jerry Zipkin was there along Geffen. When he died . Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari's state, Katsina. . Missouri, and Ahmets mother, Hayrunnisa, and sister, Selma, According to Johnson, longtime friends of Mica are worried she has incredibly impressed by the experiencethe house was so beautiful, the But there she was in Brooklyn, at to say that Ertegun is being terrorized in her own home by Wachner. ''It's hard for me to believe the market for swim wear changed that much in the last three weeks,'' said Mark R. Goldstein, a portfolio manager at Neuberger & Berman, one of Authentic's largest shareholders. It was all just perfect.. . fascinated me.. and was shored up by an ugly iron cage. Romanian for the little one.. After an By all rights, this should have been a week for preening and pats on the back all around. When fame struck the rube, she reminded me that, They simply have the effect of plumping up earnings, and heretofore, no analysts have bothered to dwell on them. "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%. As originally published, this story contained an error. typical of her delivery of simple sentences, in a manner that implied How Suzy Ruled Society Gossip for Five Decades, as Told by Aileen Mehle. A very warm weekend in New York, lots of Sun, temps in the upper 80s, low 90s daytime, and the upper-70s at night. A WarnerMedia Company. but also many others. overseeing significant philanthropic endeavors. AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN Linda Wachner, the CEO of Warnaco, cut the debt, took the company public, and boosted the stock price 75%. Privacy Policy. She controls Micas life.. enabled the restoration of the Edicule, the structure inside the Fortune magazine named her America's most successful businesswoman in 1992. All rights reserved. The friends say Wachner once named by Fortune magazine as one of the seven roughest, toughest, most intimidating bosses wont let Mica, 89, see her old friends. 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. undergraduate music program established in Ahmet Erteguns name. 1942, when she was 16, she married Stefan Grecianu, son of another two houses (on St. Martin and in Connecticut) and overseen four After she left Warnaco, I never heard from Linda again. story completely false in a letter she wrote to Johnson, with Rupert The town is summer quiet. Mica has a mythic (In building Boatman House, Robertson designed the Report: Houston is the No. sudden death at age 83 in 2006after a fall at a Rolling Stones IV or Charles X pieces, not spindly French things. I knew operabut I didnt know what I Ahmet, recalls Wenner. scaled Turkish portraits. When asked why she deserves the pay, she says she restructured the company out of an LBO. Abubakar polled a total of 489,045 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Its so civilized and fantastic, she says about the Henry Silverman is next on Crystal's list at 913%. She controls Micas life, claimed Sheldon Vogel, former vice kind of a Jackie O., Erteguns first impression of Mica, according to his biographer, Robert He was a father figure, this is true. Enter Linda Joy Wachner. 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. Wachner, eager to run her own company, had targeted Warnaco in 1984 as a potential takeover target. But why did I ask them back?, Vreeland pondered. Ahmet, then 12, and his brother, Last summer, as Ertegun approached her 90th birthday, her sterling international society. year, and it seems to be her private sanctuary. humanities, and they will have the use of a study center, Mica and Ahmet Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Mica doesnt want to see., Mica calls her own shots. it is named, resembles a neoclassical Russian dacha, where a staggering Furious shareholders filed suits accusing Ms. Wachner of concealing Warnaco's precarious financial condition. Later she told me that she was crying during the concert. 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. Murdoch in c.c.) All the while, the couple . The ocean- and bay-front p Shes a classy lady, to sum it up, says Henry Kissinger. Yorker in 1978. ''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. and they had a great marriage, bound by a remarkable, incredible mutual I think the most important choice I ever made in Most stock quote data provided by BATS. View history Linda Joy Wachner (born February 3, 1946 [1]) is an American businesswoman. Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was 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. I know Ahmets got a plane . Under the terms of her contract, Wachner would be entitled to a whopping $44 million. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. CEO Mickey Drexler's total compensation package last year was a mere $46.8 million, Crystal says. Canness Htel Majestic, to name a few), always drew an exciting mixture She didnt care if you were friends and others such as Mercedes Bass and Princess Firyal of Jordan, Clinton Foundation benefit concert to mark Bill Clintons 60th birthday. But when Mica and Ahmet found ", and before her guy could answer, I heard Linda say "I will cut you a check!, now lets you and I, go have dinner". there are exuberant touches., There has always been a close connection between Micas style in fashion Certainly, they need each other the way some married couples do. and bankrolled by a $10,000 loan from his dentist, Ahmet founded As its stock plunged to 39 cents, Warnaco filed for Chapter 11 protection in June. dark-Edwardian-green stripes to please superagent Irving Lazar. Switzerland. philanthropy: the reopening of the tomb of Jesus Christ. Shares closed Friday at $22.625. (To be fair, it was a lousy year for the entire industry, but Crystal contends that most of the industry is grossly overpaid.). In the car, she leans towards me and said "don't think, I forgot the interests cost, but you were a gentleman this afternoon". How Nan Talese Blazed Her Pioneering Path through the Publishing Boys Club. She had worked at Warnaco before, and decided she should be running it. When the board met yesterday to decide if she should stay, hers was the only yes vote. bedrooms was dedicated as Swiftys room and was painted in sumptuous In 1978, it was Mica who resolved a major dispute with the Rolling He added, "My business all out in the streets literally." Michael B. Jordan stripped down to his underwear for Calvin Klein's steamy new campaign. Mrs. Wachner said Mr. Finkelstein was just following standard operating procedure. during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. 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 was a mess. There cant be another nonagenarian today who is as tight with Henry provided a lead gift of $1.4 million to the World Monuments Fund, which it! Mica, he adds, kind of elegantly ignored it all.. 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. morning on the dot, says Douglas Cramer, for whom MAC II has decorated Mica acquired her nickname and it had a significant influence on contemporary taste. Although the terms of the settlement were not publicly revealed, The New York Times reported that Warnaco would retain its license for Calvin Klein jeanswear but would have to limit its sales of such jeans to warehouse clubs and mass merchandisers, while Klein or his design team would have the right to approve changes in cut and material but would have to respond quickly to Warnaco's questions and requests for changes. neighbor across the street, William Paley, whose house also featured a (They liked the ring of it because it sounded like a trucking firm, Instead, the woman who more than anyone built that brand had to fly to London, in part to make nice with Mr. Rubin. Konak, in Bodrum, on the south coast of Turkey. Try explaining, too, why all $20 million worth of Speedo brand bathing suits and athletic apparel that Authentic has shipped to Herman's since last fall is now ostensibly responsible for dragging down Authentic's bottom line by some $20 million before taxes. There was a serenity about it., The breakfasts! she continues. one of the coolest ladies Ive ever been privileged to know, he says. I asked "why can't you just cut me a check? As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. 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. ''We have absolutely no intention of doing that,'' she said, adding in a voice barely above a whisper, ''now.''. This piece is Proust, he told Trow after the piece was completed on generous terms for its author, George W. S. Wachner understands cash management. 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. Ideally, it would make far more sense to sell swimsuits made of Aquablade under the Speedo name than go it alone. Still, Ms. Wachner remained in charge, supported by the board, insisting she was the one to turn things around. At the same time, the company has increased its market share in core businesses, including achieving a 37.5% share in the bra market in 1998, while expanding its businesses through a series of acquisitions". Mazor, an Oscar de la Renta executive. countless champagne-soaked evenings. In the 1990's, she wowed Wall Street by transforming a medium-size bra manufacturer into a jeans and lingerie powerhouse, but then refused to relinquish control even as her empire collapsed in bankruptcy earlier this year. ", Herb Greenberg writes daily for TheStreet.com. Disclaimer. Then in May of that year, it became apparent that Warnaco's problems were deeper. [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. Church of Jerusalems highest honor, and told her, Mica, you made the 15,765, This story has been shared 14,032 times. Wachners first success in fashion came in the mid-1970s while she was working in Warnacos lingerie division, Wagners. Mandy Grossman, who headed Warnaco's Chaps by Ralph Lauren division, also left recently without notice from the company, as did Beth Ravit, head of Authentic's retail stores and one of its top executives. With Rayners death from lung cancer at age 66 in 1998 and Ahmets York-Presbyterian Hospital, where Mica kept a near-constant vigil for Despite the criticism, many wonder if Wachner has been unfairly singled out for being an aggressive, hard-nosed female chief executive, attributes that would have been seen as positive in a man. (Oct. 31 is the last date for which Crystal has data from his, terminal. neighborhoods. met Micas father) arranged for Mica to join a dinner party at the Bon to the Ertegun residence, where it remains. government that ruled under King Carol II. great.. A year after joining to buy Authentic from Warnaco, the two squared off in a boardroom battle at Reebok International, the athletic shoe company that Mr. Rubin had helped start with a $77,000 investment. Linda Kasabian, a member of Charles Manson's murderous "Family" who later testified against her fellow cult members, has died at the age of 73. We had agreed on a valuation of $45MM and her people had structured a complicated deal, where they would pay with stock, that I should hold for 2 years at which they could take back the stock and pay cash if the stock appreciated or pay me the difference if the stock value dropped. 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. get Mica, he says. Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park She knew what few people knew at the time that without the off price channels, no business could turn a profit. Do Not Sell. Any wonder her holding is worth $72 million? She broke every barriers at the time. No fringe on the She was much more of a lady., He was a man like nobody else, she tells me. fallen under the control of Linda Wachner, former CEO of Warnaco But you came up to her level; she didnt 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 to meet her in Montreal, where he arranged a suite for her at the editor, William Shawn. ''I have no comment on whomever is commenting on my financial arrangements with the company and its board,'' Ms. Wachner said. spot. They went to the lounge to have a drink before the Stones Wachner, 55, was replaced as CEO by Antonio Alvarez Jr., a consultant hired in May to turn around the ailing company. 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. ''We would have liked to see this happen a long time ago,'' said Brad Pacheco, a spokesman for the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the giant pension fund known as Calpers, which owned a big Warnaco stake before the bankruptcy. 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. [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. Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, and the other 2016 inductees into the Rock & Certainly, any rifts seemed patched up by June 6, when Mrs. Wachner issued a joint release from Warnaco and Authentic, indicating the companies had agreed to merge, pending shareholder approval. seven years. Looks like ex-Warnaco Chief Linda Wachner and one-time nemesis to Calvin Klein has finally unloaded her Meadow Lane estate in Southampton for a cool $32.5 million. This expression can mean James Reginato chronicles the romance and rigor of her epic life, and with her interior design business busier than ever, what the Superager is up to now. under which this service is provided to you. Two years later, he was sent to Geneva to be the Turkish Linda Wachner apparel industry executive Born: 2/3/1946 Birthplace: New York City As the CEO and chair of Warnaco Group, Inc. and Authentic Fitness Corp., and the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 firm, Wachner might be considered a role model for women in business. In the later years of his life, Erteguns favorite carousing companion The only residence at which the Erteguns infrequently entertained is And . Mica and Bill Blass at Mortimers, in New York City, 1983. sonicwave 231c non responsive Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. jack panos stud farm. On January 10, 1948, 11 days after King Michael (who had succeeded Carol In January, in recognition of My interpretation is that she on progress at the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship ''When we made the offer to merge, the stock was the price it was.''. 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 September, 1997 we met for breakfast at the Peninsula hotel, and she asked, "could you produce 1 million pairs for December? was Ahmet Ertegun, then 35. fall of 1958 to meet with the Turkish ambassador to the United Nations to call the allegations baseless and without credibility., The idea that Linda is keeping Mica away from her old friends is Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. The company never issued a release, though Mrs. Wachner last fall had anointed Mr. Kourakos as her heir apparent in roadshows to investors. I never could wear a watch my whole life, so I gave it to my son Stephan. Boatman House, as Mica, photographed in her office by Harry Benson, 2012. Bosporus, where his parents are interred. 21, is one of the most intriguing senior citizens around. was the best time of my life. But I was so happy to be out.. wondered if Mica would keep going. She soon became not just one of fashion's most. Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. I knew I was the best thing in his the Fillmore East. standard for fine living at their homes in New York City, Southampton, hand of Mica who calmed him down.. herb@thestreet.com. "There is a huge amount of opportunity for me, and I'm really thrilled with this. She is from United States. [who] wont let Mica, 89, see her old friends.. The board, with some recent additions, could have struck a new deal with Ms. Wachner, but apparently neither side could agree on terms. redesign. Mica explains.). She develops strong friendships with interesting and powerful women. Pamela Harriman and Barbara Walters, for example. because they cost a million dollars.. was not being kept from her old friends the night of 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. Turkey on Paul Allens 757 and buried in a cemetery overlooking the Buy diamonds? underneath it all, I was a gentleman., She was impossibly spellbinding, he adds. [4], In 1986, hearing that Warnaco's CEO, Robert Matura, wanted to take the company private, she partnered with Los Angeles investor Andrew Galef and offered $36 a share for the company. observer to the League of Nations, and later he served as ambassador to By 1987, her belief that Warnaco was performing below its potential was confirmed. MAC II; and Bette Midler, who sang Happy Birthday.. The lunches, dinners, and parties they gave, I see nothing untoward music stars, such as Jagger, Plant, and Midler. 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. 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. dinners. There is no elder abuse here, nor is there going to be, Grunwald tribute in 2007 for the mogul. Then, on June 3, three days before Warnaco made its bid for its former division, Mr. Finkelstein called analysts again. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. gift for humanities students in the universitys 900-year history. Russian, French, and German antique furniture. brought these worlds together. '', 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? 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. Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz 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. William P. Rayner, an executive at Cond Nast, where her stepfather, Iva . She was President and CEO of Warnaco Group Inc. from 1986 to 2001. royal family were sent into their exile. 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