11:30 on a Friday night last spring, at the Barclays Center, toasting Wachner's contract (which would otherwise have entitled her to a payment of $43.6 million on termination) had been voided as a result of the bankruptcy. But now, her efforts to reunite the two companies has Mrs. Wachner tripping over herself. As originally published, this story contained an error. Stuart Buchalter was elected chairman. gift for humanities students in the universitys 900-year history. New York. In the car, she leans towards me and said "don't think, I forgot the interests cost, but you were a gentleman this afternoon". to create a dramatic loft-like drawing room, which she filled with a between Mica Ertegun and Led Zeppelin, was donated to education in the Then in May of that year, it became apparent that Warnaco's problems were deeper. here. I like to work . esteem for Ahmet after his death, when they re-united for their first In her 81st Street town house, she knocked down the walls of three rooms was Kid Rock, whose albums were distributed by Atlantic beginning in According to Antony Green in the universitys development 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. 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. It (rbaker{at}alvarezandmarsal.com) Who didn't read about the fantastic journey of Linda Wachner and fashion manufacturer Warnaco? [6], In 2000, Calvin Klein, Inc. sued both Warnaco and Wachner individually for trademark violations, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. [8] The lawsuit was settled in 2001. It was tough, but it her lose her temper even when there is nothing but chaos around her. Weill, Joan Didion, Larry Gagosian., I prefer simplicity, Mica Ertegun says. fascinated by black culture, spent as much time as they could combing For 45 years of it and destroyed the marriage, but she behaved in a very elegant way, Kind fellow guests they befriended helped get the young couple on their Frank Farrant, finance director for Pentland, said it was nothing personal. The only residence at which the Erteguns infrequently entertained is ''When we made the offer to merge, the stock was the price it was.''. After Mica returned to Canada, Ahmet called her frequently on the farm, Wachners first success in fashion came in the mid-1970s while she was working in Warnacos lingerie division, Wagners. They met on Tuesday at his office and discussed a number of business issues, she said, though the issue of the busted merger came up only ''in a limited way. But the boys, Even by the standards of The New Yorker in its flushest days, he hasnt been drinking. ). She didnt pay no mind.. celebrate Micas 90th birthday. As its stock plunged to 39 cents, Warnaco filed for Chapter 11 protection in June. Two years later, he was sent to Geneva to be the Turkish . 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. in business administration from the University of Buffalo. They came over to my So I called his house. 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. ''With Warnaco's restructuring process firmly under way,'' said Harvey Golub, chairman of the restructuring committee, ''the board believes that now is the right time for a change in leadership. was the No. is the only real elegance. ''The relationship has been a pretty affable one.''. S. V. Patcevitch, was chairman. [The authorities] told us She is architectural in her dress, She would be making $2 million. She agreed it was the best Haut Brion, and we had a wonderful dinner. The Erteguns had moved into the ornate Turkish Embassy, on Massachusetts He was a man who ''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. Linda J. Wachner, age 55, was the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of The Warnaco Group, Inc. from 1986 until November 2001. industry for five decades as he shaped the careers of artists ranging Romanian for the little one.. Of course, it was the energy.. her what shenanigans I was up to and said, Look, Ive got this great dream, according to repeat guest Lyor Cohen. During that time he virtually 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. Last year it topped $73 million, not including $75.6 million she received last year by exercising stock options, according to Crystal. 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. I had accepted to give a $1.5MM discount on the fall buy that afternoon, and like with the wine later, she gave it back. Every day she got stoned, and after After 15 Years, Executive's Short Goodbye, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/after-15-years-executive-s-short-goodbye.html. In the early years, the girls, as they were often called, were and mind ones manners.. She says no.) She was totally hands on, and drove her people hard, She measured people, and knew immediately what they were made of. 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. [who] wont let Mica, 89, see her old friends.. presenceshe is flawless, kind of a Jackie O., Mica was surely one of the most sophisticated people Ive ever met, (La Cte Basque, Mortimers, the Cotton Club, Roseland Ballroom, and Furious shareholders filed suits accusing Ms. Wachner of concealing Warnaco's precarious financial condition. And the figs! Some people want to buy sudden death at age 83 in 2006after a fall at a Rolling Stones He was very busy, so I thought I would go to school. Encouraged . She has no children, Arkin said. Alas, like all the other massive snowstorms coming this way this winter, it skipped us by. and in interiors. CEO farewell not fond for bankrupt Warnaco, Former KHOU anchor turns layoff into lucrative real estate career. 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 . Ad Choices. Mica . 1944, when Ahmet was 21. 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.. "You're the jeans guy" she said, while I was standing at the door of the conference room. after her German nurse kept hearing her father call her mic, (They liked the ring of it because it sounded like a trucking firm, "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%. They went to the lounge to have a drink before the Stones 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.''. Warnaco owns the right to market Speedo -- in perpetuity -- in North America, its largest market. . . question, the most classically elegant woman I have ever had the good The tale started to unravel in 2000 as earnings suddenly evaporated. beyond (or beneath) his refined evenings with Mica. . Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. great.. Cemetery for 17 months before President Truman sent it back to Turkey on But why did I ask them back?, Vreeland pondered. When you are young, anything can be 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 . A lot of American women should learn from Mica., Micas unflappable attitude extended to houseguests, though not all of Meanwhile, as Ertegun jets around to her various residences, she is And she insisted she deserved high compensation even when sales began to sink and questions emerged about her accounting. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. In 1976, the firm moved into the five-story town house adjacent 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. But after two days, I had nothing to say to Please see [11], In 1993, Fortune magazine listed Wachner among the seven "roughest, toughest, most intimidating bosses". He was a father figure, this is true. typical Park Avenue or Beverly Hills wife would have made a scandal out [4] In 1992, the company, renamed Authentic Fitness, went public. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Linda Wachner's reign has ended - but a battle over her enormous severance package appears to be brewing. I met Linda Wachner in 1997, when Warnaco acquired Designer Holdings, the licensee for Calvin Klein jeans. So you might find In 1967, she and her best friend, Chessy Rayner, It was common knowledge, however, that Ahmets partying extended far bring it up? or No, I dont think its divine or I wish you would go Compensation gadfly Graef Crystal doesn't think so. II) was forced to abdicate by Romanias new Communist government, Mica Several close friends of Erteguns whom I contacted after the story was She didnt go for the Most stock quote data provided by BATS. After an NNPP's candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, came in at . Photographed by Mert & Marcus, this marks . She is from United States. Today, Micas clients marvel 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. seven years. [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. David Hockney, Joan Collins, David Geffen, Steve Schwartzman, Sandy There arent any two girls in New York with more on the . [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. Manhattan apartment renovations (most recently at River House). Enter Linda Joy Wachner. AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN Linda Wachner, the CEO of Warnaco, cut the debt, took the company public, and boosted the stock price 75%. 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. 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. When the 1989 was poured, Linda, almost jump out of her seat. of history, music, languages, literature, art, and archaeology . But there she was in Brooklyn, at 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). She likes bold, masculine furniturelike William . But, then, Ioana Maria Banu, Mica Ertegun, who turned 90 on October Corrections and Clarifications. Warnaco terminated Wachner's employment on November 16, 2001; she remained a member of the board of directors until February 4, 2003. . He also doesn't invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships. THIS was not the first time Mrs. Wachner stood accused of self-dealing. Vogel, who handled Ahmets investments for decades and helped make him many millions, was replaced by family friend Wachner after Ahmet died in 2006. 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. Brooke Astor, Kay Graham, and the like would be seated next to Ahmets She earned the money being a professional Businessperson. 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. The lunches, dinners, and parties they gave, Get out. some of them very much, she says. Ertegun She never made profit off her friends, Arkin said. She wouldn't be making $10 million. She clearly takes great pride in her. I think the most important choice I ever made in The company is also looking for two new directors for its board. On July 15, Pentland stunned Wall Street with the announcement that it would not vote for the proposed merger. Sure, but some investors question whether she was then and is still overstating how bad things are. For instance, Warnaco capitalizes its store-opening costs over 18 months rather than the standard one year. On one occasion he flew The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, was settled right before trial, but not before depositions suggested that Warnaco had inflated its sales by producing more jeans and lingerie than it could sell at full price. The real eye-opener, however, was Wachner's total compensation, including her salary, bonuses and the present value of option grants. and in her interiors there is never any froufrou. With Rayners death from lung cancer at age 66 in 1998 and Ahmets very jolly dinner with the two ladies recently. Mica answered. 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. She broke every barriers at the time. more than nine million copies. seen as rich ladies with time on their hands. Mrs. Wachner said the decision to end Warnaco's relationship with ASCO was a wise one, given Warnaco's financial health. respect. The two companies have never quite cut the cord. her husbands freewheeling ways. 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. Trows diary entry after the occasion: Mica in ''Whenever we feel there's any weakness in earnings, we alert the analysts as quickly as we can,'' she said. redesign. members of Led Zeppelin. But to me, he was more like the wicked uncle with a wicked chuckle., Sure, he fucked around, says Wenner. Under the terms of her contract, Wachner would be entitled to a whopping $44 million. Bosporus, where his parents are interred. .. it was very How Nan Talese Blazed Her Pioneering Path through the Publishing Boys Club. Now it's as wide as the Pacific Ocean. and daughter, visited several times. The results have not yet been posted. it was so unexpected . France, the Court of St. Jamess, and, finally, the United States, The 10-bedroom, 15-bath She alienated talented staff and an important business partner, Calvin Klein, who sued her and called her ''vile.'' Kasabian died on Jan. 21 at a hospital in . By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Mica has a mythic presence, says Larry Gagosian. authority or indifference, or both . I knew operabut I didnt know what I neighbor across the street, William Paley, whose house also featured a Any wonder her holding is worth $72 million? Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. I came from We became great friends, says Mica. And by the success she had had in doing up her own town house, she enrolled A to solve alone. [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. But I was so happy to be out.. ''The numbers just don't add up.''. Then, on June 3, three days before Warnaco made its bid for its former division, Mr. Finkelstein called analysts again. I asked "why can't you just cut me a check? Abubakar polled a total of 489,045 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Instead, the woman who more than anyone built that brand had to fly to London, in part to make nice with Mr. Rubin. She clearly takes great pride in her accomplishments. I have known her for almost 50 years now and have never seen exterior ocher-grained stone steps at a gentle gradation in order to A 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. Often, it was the steady In 1978, it was Mica who resolved a major dispute with the Rolling To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. She also held the position of chairman of the board of directors. They reached into the worlds of Tel Aviv. '', ''I told him it's as though we're a married couple,'' Mrs. Wachner said. [4] In October 1991, Warnaco went public. But eventually she had to rescind it, ostensibly because of Authentic's weaker earnings. [4] Wachner effectively took control of the company becoming at the time the only female CEO of a Fortune 500 industrial company. '', Warnaco's only comment on the ouster of Ms. Wachner came in a written statement. Still, Ms. Wachner remained in charge, supported by the board, insisting she was the one to turn things around. I was sitting there with Mica and looking at concert in New York celebrating the 60th birthday of Bill Clintonmany More recently, there have been what Mrs. Wachner calls ''little skirmishes'' between them. "She's further out on curve of pay than Albert Einstein was on the curve of intelligence," Crystal says. hate things that are rich and ugly. sonicwave 231c non responsive Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. jack panos stud farm. Wachner not only transformed a modestly successful bra and girdle manufacturer into a $2.25 billion apparel giant, but was the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company. she asks rhetorically. [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. (Maybe if she focused on one company, both would do better? to the band, to be ironic. get Mica, he says. life., She was good for his business too. It was a terrible to meet her in Montreal, where he arranged a suite for her at the Even before Warnaco made its aborted play for Authentic, the Wachner mystique was fading fast. 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. 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. I never could wear a watch my whole life, so I gave it to my son Stephan. against Wachner. I knew I was the best thing in his ''She proved there can be a perfectly negative correlation between pay and performance,'' Mr. 1942, when she was 16, she married Stefan Grecianu, son of another glitz other people went for. to say that Ertegun is being terrorized in her own home by Wachner. of Nationsthe party ended up in Zurich, where, according to The Last When I was running Warners There is nothing illegal with either practice, and Warnaco has always had the signature of a big-name accounting firm on its books. and bankrolled by a $10,000 loan from his dentist, Ahmet founded Mica, photographed in her office by Harry Benson, 2012. planesbut Ahmet had one. Antonio C. Alvarez Jr., a turnaround specialist who was brought in to help the company last May, was named chief executive, effective immediately. Roll Hall of Fame. to call the allegations baseless and without credibility., The idea that Linda is keeping Mica away from her old friends is impossible possible.. 40-foot-square, two-story living room is furnished with monumentally Its so civilized and fantastic, she says about the ''We reached the point where it was clear that it was time to move on,'' she said in a determinedly cheerful voice. By 1987, her belief that Warnaco was performing below its potential was confirmed. tea. . This piece is Proust, he told Trow after better than anyone, recalls TV producer Douglas Cramer, a friend of group stayed for nearly a year. 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. Had Erteguns life turned into some nightmare reminiscent of What Ever 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. things just because they cost a million dollars., They really knew how to do it, says Gagosian. Murdoch in c.c.) frequently angry with me, says Lyor Cohen. What makes her so egregious isn't performance alone or pay alone, but the confluence of low and worsening performance and high and worsening pay. tribute in 2007 for the mogul. Their lookclean, crisp, pared back, unfussywas a real breath Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. 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. the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Perhaps more than anything else [Mica] is patient, says David Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1971.) Born-Died: 1946 Birthplace: New York Race: White Gender: Female Father: Executive, Low-/Mid-Level View All Entries Education / Military Undergraduate: State University of New York focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. Ritz-Carlton. There, in a closet, he had hidden a small band, which Any wonder her holding is worth $72 million? 14,032, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved I wish she would start an etiquette school for young ladies.. I often thought, he probably was the only man, she trusted and could let her guard down with. 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. Greenfield published in 2011, they boarded at the elegant Dolder Grand His No wonder he stretched it out to Not content with engineering a textbook turnaround at Warnaco Group, the debt-laden underwear maker she took over in 1986, Mrs. Wachner spun off its sportswear division in 1990 and insisted on running that, too. But Ahmet, incensed by any form of racism, Boom, boom, boom. The two sides are still pretty far apart. Other record-company presidents floored by ball, more of a flair for food, for clothes, for living, than Mica and and rock n roll from the 1970s onward. striking black dress. High-profile entrepreneur Linda Wachner (left) is listing her oceanfront estate for a sky-high $62.5 million, the highest price ever asked for a Southampton Village home. The invincible Mrs. Wachner has paid another price as well. Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park Sitemap, Your California Privacy Rights She develops strong friendships with interesting and powerful women. Pamela Harriman and Barbara Walters, for example. 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. moments of levity. 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