Eric Zinterhofer
Eric Zinterhofer | |
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| Born | Eric Louis Zinterhofer August 1971 (age 54) |
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| Occupation | Private equity financier |
| Title | Founding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 sons |
Eric Louis Zinterhofer (born August 1971) is an American private equity financier who is a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Eric Zinterhofer was born in August 1971.[1] He is the son of Louis J. M. Zinterhofer and Susan A. Zinterhofer of Rumson, New Jersey.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania[2] and an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]In his early career, Zinterhofer worked at Morgan Stanley as a financial analyst.[2] In 1998, he took a job under Leon Black at Apollo Global Management.[4] In 2010, he co-founded Searchlight Capital with Oliver Haarmann and Erol Uzumeri.[5][6]
Zinterhofer was the chairman of Charter Communications from 2009 to 2016 and returned to the role in 2023 upon Tom Rutledge's retirement.[7] In 2025, he joined the board of Estée Lauder.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In June 1996, Zinterhofer married billionaire heiress Aerin Lauder, the daughter of Ronald Lauder in his home at Wainscott, Long Island, New York, with Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein presiding.[2] They have two sons.[8]
They live in New York City[9] and have homes in Easthampton, New York,[10][11][8] and Aspen, Colorado.[12]
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