Aerin Lauder
Aerin Lauder | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aerin Rebecca Lauder April 23, 1970 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupations | 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) |
Aerin Rebecca Lauder Zinterhofer (born April 23, 1970)[1] is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman.[2]
Family and education
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]
Career
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]
Personal life
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], Palm Beach, Florida,[17] and on the Pacific coast of Panama.[18]
Works and publications
- Lauder, Aerin, Christine Pittle, and Simon Upton. Beauty at Home. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2013. ISBN 978-0-770-43361-1 OCLC 866853447
- Smith, Clinton Ross, and Aerin Lauder. Veranda: The Romance of Flowers. 2015. Foreword by Lauder. ISBN 9781-6-183-7179-9 OCLC 903424582
- Lauder, Aerin. Aspen Style. New York: Assouline, 2017. ISBN 9781614286226
- Lauder, Aerin. Palm Beach. New York: Assouline, 2019. ISBN 9781614288626
See also
References
- ^ "Aerin R Lauder - United States Public Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Tell, Caroline (December 7, 2012). "Aerin Lauder: The granddaughter of Estée Lauder and founder of her own lifestyle brand on beauty, basics and (not eating) breakfast". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "The Lauder Family: Aerin Lauder". Estée Lauder Companies. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Lake, Eli (May 13, 2008). "Bush Visit May Boost Olmert". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Jong, David de (November 15, 2013). "Lauder Granddaughters Become Billionaires on Beauty Boom". Bloomberg Business News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "Weddings: Aerin R. Lauder, Eric Zinterhofer". The New York Times. June 2, 1996. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Kors, Michael (May 22, 2013). "Michael Kors Interviews Aerin Lauder". Aspen Peak. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ a b Stewart Ward, Kristina (June 25, 2009). "At Home with Stylesetter Aerin Lauder". Elle Decor. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Goldfarb, Brad (July 31, 2013). "Aerin Lauder's New Furniture and Accessories Collections". Architectural Digest. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Aerin Lauder's Debut Home Collection". Architectural Digest. April 28, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Saul, Josh (November 16, 2013). "Lauder grandkids NY's newest billionaires". New York Post. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "The Forbes 400 2019". Forbes. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Parnass, Alexandra (June 1, 2007). "Aerin Lauder's Closet Confidential". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "From the Archives: Aerin Lauder's Wainscott Home". Vogue. July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Mulligan, Kimberly (July 21, 2013). "Aerin Lauder Invites Us Into Her Home; Dishes On Parenting & That Gorgeous New Lifestyle Brand". Elizabeth Street. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Mountain High: Aerin Lauder's Aspen Home". Vogue. November 2, 2011. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Wahl, Phebe. "Aerin Lauder's Nature-Inspired Palm Beach Oasis". Modern Luxury. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
- ^ "Tour Aerin Lauder's Indoor-Outdoor Tropical Escape". Architectural Digest. February 3, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2023.