Aerin Lauder Explained

Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer
Birth Name:	Aerin Rebecca Lauder
Birth Date:	23 April 1970
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation:	Creative director, Estée Lauder Companies
Father:	Ronald Lauder
Children:	2
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. 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^[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. 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. The couple lives in New York City^[13] and East Hampton, New York^[14] with their two sons.^[15] She also has homes in Aspen, Colorado^[16] and on the Pacific coast of Panama.^{[17] [18]}

Works and publications

• Lauder, Aerin, Christine Pittle, and Simon Upton. Beauty at Home. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2013.
• Smith, Clinton Ross, and Aerin Lauder. Veranda: The Romance of Flowers. 2015. Foreword by Lauder.
• Lauder, Aerin. Aspen Style. New York: Assouline, 2017.
• Lauder, Aerin. Palm Beach. New York: Assouline, 2019.

See also

• Estée Lauder Companies
• Lauder family

External links

• AERIN

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aerin R Lauder - United States Public Records. FamilySearch. 3 January 2016.
2. News: Tell. Caroline. Aerin Lauder: The granddaughter of Estée Lauder and founder of her own lifestyle brand on beauty, basics and (not eating) breakfast. 3 January 2016. The Wall Street Journal. 7 December 2012.
3. News: The Lauder Family: Aerin Lauder. 3 January 2016. Estée Lauder Companies.
4. News: Lake, Eli . Eli Lake . Bush Visit May Boost Olmert . . May 13, 2008 . June 23, 2016 . October 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191012171011/https://www.nysun.com/foreign/bush-visit-may-boost-olmert/76303/ . dead .
5. News: Jong. David de. Lauder Granddaughters Become Billionaires on Beauty Boom. 3 January 2016. Bloomberg Business News. 15 November 2013.
6. News: Weddings: Aerin R. Lauder, Eric Zinterhofer. 3 January 2016. The New York Times. 2 June 1996.
7. News: Kors. Michael. Michael Kors Interviews Aerin Lauder. 3 January 2016. Aspen Peak. 22 May 2013.
8. News: Stewart Ward. Kristina. At Home with Stylesetter Aerin Lauder. 3 January 2016. Elle Decor. 25 June 2009.
9. News: Goldfarb. Brad. Aerin Lauder's New Furniture and Accessories Collections. 3 January 2016. Architectural Digest. 31 July 2013.
10. News: Aerin Lauder's Debut Home Collection. 3 January 2016. Architectural Digest. 28 April 2015.
11. News: Saul. Josh. Lauder grandkids NY's newest billionaires. 3 January 2016. New York Post. 16 November 2013.
12. Web site: The Forbes 400 2019. 2020-08-31. Forbes. en.
13. Parnass. Alexandra. Aerin Lauder's Closet Confidential. 3 January 2016. Harper's Bazaar. 1 June 2007.
14. News: From the Archives: Aerin Lauder's Wainscott Home. 3 January 2016. Vogue. 1 July 2011.
15. News: Mulligan. Kimberly. Aerin Lauder Invites Us Into Her Home; Dishes On Parenting & That Gorgeous New Lifestyle Brand. 3 January 2016. Elizabeth Street. 21 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130930184002/http://www.elizabethstreet.com/living/aerin-lauder-home. 30 September 2013.
16. News: Mountain High: Aerin Lauder's Aspen Home. 3 January 2016. Vogue. 2 November 2011. en-US.
17. Web site: 2022-02-03 . Tour Aerin Lauder's Indoor-Outdoor Tropical Escape . 2023-07-31 . Architectural Digest . en-US.
18. Web site: 2022-02-03 . Tour Aerin Lauder's Indoor-Outdoor Tropical Escape . 2023-07-31 . Gilsanz Murray Steficek . en-US.