Eric Zinterhofer

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Eric Zinterhofer
Born
Eric Louis Zinterhofer

August 1971 (age 53)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Occupationprivate equity financier
Titlefounding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners
Spouse
(m. 1996)
Children2 sons

Eric Louis Zinterhofer (born August 1971) is an American private equity financier, and a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners.

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Early life

Eric Zinterhofer was born in August 1971. [1] He is the son of Dr 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

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

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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