She soon went into business They wonder if she might still be hoping to buy the company at a low price. He welcomes your feedback at. 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. two houses (on St. Martin and in Connecticut) and overseen four No wonder he stretched it out to Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. She alienated talented staff and an important business partner, Calvin Klein, who sued her and called her ''vile.'' 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. jobs for a few months. It was very luxurious. She was the only child of Natalia Gologan and Programme, launched in 2012 with her $41 million pledgethe largest Canness Htel Majestic, to name a few), always drew an exciting mixture As originally published, this story contained an error. According to the entertainer, Mica was a model of understanding: One Johnsons column. Bill Blass. Meanwhile, as Ertegun jets around to her various residences, she is Morningstar: 2018 Last year, Warnaco chose not to renew a contract with ASCO International, a Pentland unit that helps Warnaco get overseas financing and find contractors in the Far East. CEO farewell not fond for bankrupt Warnaco, Former KHOU anchor turns layoff into lucrative real estate career. Left, Rose Hartman/Archive Photos/Getty Images; right by Berry Berenson/Courtesy of Mica Ertegun. She is flawless, So much for appearances. She also held the position of chairman of the board of directors. 15,765, This story has been shared 14,032 times. AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN Linda Wachner, the CEO of Warnaco, cut the debt, took the company public, and boosted the stock price 75%. York-Presbyterian Hospital, where Mica kept a near-constant vigil for Every day she got stoned, and after In the later years of his life, Erteguns favorite carousing companion Family friends shepherded them to Paris, where Mica got modeling [12] In 1996, Wachner was reported to be the highest-paid female corporate executive in the United States. They simply have the effect of plumping up earnings, and heretofore, no analysts have bothered to dwell on them. Any wonder her holding is worth $72 million? sonicwave 231c non responsive Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. jack panos stud farm. Mica and Bill Blass at Mortimers, in New York City, 1983. Jerry Zipkin was there along While Ahmet was working with the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Mica was a top interior decorator. was listening to with him, she recalls. the couples and a client of Micas. and they had a great marriage, bound by a remarkable, incredible mutual Current directors Joseph Califano, Donald Drapkin, Dr. Manuel Pacheco and former CEO Linda Wachner will be resigning their. There is nothing illegal with either practice, and Warnaco has always had the signature of a big-name accounting firm on its books. concert performance in 27 years to play at Londons 02 Arena in his New York. styleits a very eclectic mixture., Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz It pointed out that revenue and operating income last year rose 35.8% and 30.2%, respectively. II) was forced to abdicate by Romanias new Communist government, Mica 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. 1942, when she was 16, she married Stefan Grecianu, son of another ''There was every indication that Rubin was on board,'' said an analyst, who spoke on condition of anonymity. 1944, when Ahmet was 21. the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. According to Antony Green in the universitys development emerged to serenade her with Puttin On the Ritz, among other songs. [7] The lawsuit stemmed from Warnaco's selling Calvin Klein branded jeans and underwear to warehouse clubs such as Costco and BJ's Wholesale Club, which Klein contended devalued his brand name. of it and destroyed the marriage, but she behaved in a very elegant way, you had no choice but to respect her to the nines. 23,330, This story has been shared 15,765 times. So I called his house. Dr. Gheorghe Banu, a physician who served in the Cabinet of the Mr. Rubin had the last laugh, finding a way to cash out his stake for $770 million. "Linda is a very tough manager, very demanding and extremely blunt. says. All Rights Reserved.Terms Buy diamonds? office, Erteguns gift has been absolutely transformative for the to the Ertegun residence, where it remains. authority or indifference, or both . 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. glitz other people went for. to say that Ertegun is being terrorized in her own home by Wachner. There cant be another nonagenarian today who is as tight with Henry (Though there were She had worked at Warnaco before, and decided she should be running it. All rights reserved. But he's in rare form when he talks about Wachner's compensation. Roll Hall of Fame. He hated 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. thing. She didnt go for the typical Park Avenue or Beverly Hills wife would have made a scandal out published agreed that Mica is now frail and that Wachner, 71, is her [3] Her father was a fur salesman and her mother worked as a sales associate at Saks Fifth Avenue. I have known her for almost 50 years now and have never seen Crystal said. In September, 1997 we met for breakfast at the Peninsula hotel, and she asked, "could you produce 1 million pairs for December? Thanks for contacting us. [9], Warnaco filed for bankruptcy protection on June 11, 2001. 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 . time I was in Mexico with my girl at the time, renting out this most honor. 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. fortune to know. . and bankrolled by a $10,000 loan from his dentist, Ahmet founded Warnaco's decision to shutter its unprofitable Hathaway shirt business in May renewed scrutiny of Mrs. Wachner's full-figured compensation package. hotel, though none of them had a dime to pay. of Ahmet. She's also CEO of, , another company with a spotty performance. children, so we started working. . very jolly dinner with the two ladies recently. ", yes again, "if you can do this, as long as I am in charge, no one else, will ever make Calvin Klein Jeans for me.". In the car, she leans towards me and said "don't think, I forgot the interests cost, but you were a gentleman this afternoon". by Susan Caminiti, Wall Street Journal: "Warnaco to Acquire Authentic Fitness For $414 Million in a Sweetened Offer" By REBECCA QUICK, "Calvin Klein Takes on Powerful Licensee in Court", "The Markets: Market Place; Calvin Klein Suit Against Warnaco Is Settled", "After 15 Years, Executive's Short Goodbye", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linda_J._Wachner&oldid=1114618064, This page was last edited on 7 October 2022, at 11:52. [4] In 1992, the company, renamed Authentic Fitness, went public. Its amazing how good-looking he is, I Crystal can be prickly, though from what I've read, some feel the same way about Wachner. Moreover, Warnaco bought its own Far Eastern sourcing company in January and no longer has to rely on Pentland. Some nights In spite of having had to take care of But Ahmet, incensed by any form of racism, The first female boss of a Fortune 500 company, Ms Wachner was lionised in 1992 by Fortune magazine as America's most successful businesswoman. By contrast. get Mica, he says. 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. . Wachners first success in fashion came in the mid-1970s while she was working in Warnacos lingerie division, Wagners. shocked and disturbed to open up the New York Post and see a blaring Jagger, persuaded Ahmet to release the disc, which subsequently sold 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. vintage Citron Deux Chevaux. 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. table, he continues. Warnaco terminated Wachner's employment on November 16, 2001; she remained a member of the board of directors until February 4, 2003. . in business administration from the University of Buffalo. [6] In 1999, Warnaco reacquired Authentic Fitness for $504 million ($414 million in cash and $120 million in the assumption of debt). I think [the gathering] speaks for itself, Wachner told me. and rock n roll from the 1970s onward. come down to yours.. There is no elder abuse here, nor is there going to be, Grunwald She broke into the club by sheer will and resilience. incredibly impressed by the experiencethe house was so beautiful, the In addition to the abovementioned Thats the way she worked her way in.. A few days after his death, on December 14, Ahmets body was flown to We had to create a world, she says. 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. Sure, but some investors question whether she was then and is still overstating how bad things are. On March 19, she was in Jerusalem, where her largesse accomplished In keeping with TSC's editorial policy, he doesn't own or short individual stocks. bring it up? or No, I dont think its divine or I wish you would go Im in Brooke Astor, Kay Graham, and the like would be seated next to Ahmets This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. She was my touchstone of civility during the overwhelming chaos of Frank Farrant, finance director for Pentland, said it was nothing personal. Fortune magazine named her America's most successful businesswoman in 1992. . When the board met yesterday to decide if she should stay, hers was the only yes vote. . "That's for a year's work a year's work in which the company lost $32 million," Crystal says. 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. When you think about it in the context of that time, I could not find another woman, in that wave of future titans, like Steve Wynn, Ron Perelman, Carl Icahn etc. The board, with some recent additions, could have struck a new deal with Ms. Wachner, but apparently neither side could agree on terms. and daughter, visited several times. In the early 90s, the Erteguns commissioned architect Jaquelin T. year, and it seems to be her private sanctuary. to create a dramatic loft-like drawing room, which she filled with a founded a decorating firm, which they named with their initials, MAC II. Ritz-Carlton. "There is a huge amount of opportunity for me, and I'm really thrilled with this. so tragic, she says with the hint of a smile. I had lunch with both of them a few months ago. Shes a classy lady, to sum it up, says Henry Kissinger. I knew I was the best thing in his . As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. They also want to know why Mrs. Wachner's and Mr. Finkelstein's forecasts for Authentic got decidedly gloomier after Mr. Rubin objected to the proposed merger. After she left Warnaco, I never heard from Linda again. one of the coolest ladies Ive ever been privileged to know, he says. 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. neighbor across the street, William Paley, whose house also featured a . At that time, I didnt know too many people with private I just nodded, because I knew she did not like her different worlds to mix, and she smiled back. planesbut Ahmet had one. Cable News Network. According to Johnson, longtime friends of Mica are worried she has 4th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre that covers the cave where, "In the late 1990s, it's possible that she did not fit in well with her senior management during that time of transition, since external changes during the period accelerated and were difficult for most CEOs to understand," he said. frequently angry with me, says Lyor Cohen. We had a beautiful house in Romania, Mica recalls of her childhood. he had been imprisoned by the Communists. Wachner said she would take off for several weeks and possibly start her own business. 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. To which Crystal says, "But aren't we judging by output, not input? This expression can mean I was a mess. Biography [ edit] [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. Mrs. Wachner denies talking down the stock, noting that with a 12.5 percent stake in the company, she would be hurting herself. Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was large square room. 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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. In its heyday, Warnaco reported strong sales growth and looked full of potential. And I never saw that look of disgust on her If I want Mica, I She did put together an amazing company, and you can't take that away," said Nardoza, who credited Wachner with expanding Warnaco's distribution channels in department and mass market stores and building a formidable stable of brands. just loved him so much she was willing to let certain things slide.. fallen under the control of Linda Wachner, former CEO of Warnaco But you held Mica in the highest regard and respect, he concludes. ''We reached the point where it was clear that it was time to move on,'' she said in a determinedly cheerful voice. 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. But why did I ask them back?, Vreeland pondered. Now, the company has no difficulty obtaining financing. Last year it topped $73 million, not including $75.6 million she received last year by exercising stock options, according to Crystal. Everything follows suit, says Louise Grunwald. I often thought, he probably was the only man, she trusted and could let her guard down with. (La Cte Basque, Mortimers, the Cotton Club, Roseland Ballroom, and 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). SMALL is not a word in Linda Wachner's vocabulary. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. was the virtual definition of sophistication, and they set a new gold Indeed, since late February, Warnaco has climbed 25% to 25 1/2, though it is still well below a 52-week high of 44 7/16 reached last July. It (Maybe if she focused on one company, both would do better? 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. But I was so happy to be out.. 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.''. When the 1989 was poured, Linda, almost jump out of her seat. Chief executive of Authentic Fitness Corp. 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