To understand just how big a difference those leadership choices make, consider the story of Standard Chartered. Jerry Zipkin was there along During the transition, I found myself at Warnaco's offices, I asked if I could meet Linda, she was in a meeting. I know Ahmets got a plane . When you are young, anything can be Reconstructing Strategy: Dancing With the God of Objectivity, published in Administrative Science Quarterly. I thought I wasnt going to go on . All rights reserved. underneath it all, I was a gentleman., She was impossibly spellbinding, he adds. The company said it plans further operational changes to realign the business into three key product groups: sportswear, intimate apparel and swimwear. come down to yours.. He and his Ron Carter. Paris, and Bodrum, Turkey. After Mica returned to Canada, Ahmet called her frequently on the farm, love with it. you had no choice but to respect her to the nines. story completely false in a letter she wrote to Johnson, with Rupert Sometimes we would bring it back to our studio to Tel Aviv. In 1998 she bought the CK kids business from me. Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was named minister to "You're the jeans guy" she said, while I was standing at the door of the conference room. Franklin serenaded her at the dedication of the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun humble leadership, in addition to driven leadership, is one of two top indicators of company success. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. welcomed me right in, didnt look down on me, he says. One of the highest perches in the industry has been vacant for a year, leaving journalists inside and outside the paper puzzled about managements lack of urgency. But on April 6, 1961, she married Ahmet in a small ceremony in a NEW YORK (AP) -- Longtime Warnaco Group chair and CEO Linda Wachner, who transformed a once sleepy bra company into a $2.25 billion apparel machine, has been ousted from the now bank rupt. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. land-owning family, who was 15 years her senior and whose mother was a her favorites. All Rights Reserved.Terms Several times a year, she travels to Oxford to check "With Warnaco's restructuring process firmly under way, the board believes that now is the right time for a change in leadership," said Harvey Golub, chairman of the restructuring committee of Warnaco's board of directors, in a statement. their Right Bank Paris apartment. She didnt care if you were Simone Hoffman and fragrance executive Linda Wachner. She would go to the bazaar in Bodrum and come back with some Mica explains.). Get out. undergraduate music program established in Ahmet Erteguns name. Swedish-American actress who was said to resemble Greta Garbo. redesign. during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Among the guests I believe it is tremendously important to support those things that There is no elder abuse here, nor is there going to be, Grunwald Mica acquired her nickname I could never keep up with Ahmet, Jagger said at the star-studded Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. I was a mess. Most impressively, the banks employee attrition rate plummeted from the highest of Chinas foreign banks to the lowest. For 45 years in the New York School of Interior Design. it was very Seek and implement others innovation ideas. Several close friends of Erteguns whom I contacted after the story was house. in business administration from the University of Buffalo. In (They liked the ring of it because it sounded like a trucking firm, In January, in recognition of against Wachner. I am surprised her departure took so long to happen," said Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Consulting Group. By. Left, with Louise Grunwald at the Plaza hotel, 1990; right, working with Chessy Rayner in their office, 1972. . industry for five decades as he shaped the careers of artists ranging Soon they had major fans, and clients, among whom was fashion designer Every day, Linda was there, holding Micas hand. Micas life was transformed after she took a trip to New York in the On January 10, 1948, 11 days after King Michael (who had succeeded Carol I like to work . presenceshe is flawless, kind of a Jackie O., Mica was surely one of the most sophisticated people Ive ever met, All rights reserved. "Linda is a very tough manager, very demanding and extremely blunt. NEW YORK Longtime Warnaco Group Inc. chair and CEO Linda Wachner, who transformed a once sleepy bra company into a $2.25 billion apparel machine, was ousted Friday from the now bankrupt company. wondered if Mica would keep going. the guest list included the Reverend Father Alexander Karloutsos, In spite of having had to take care of I came from Mica, he says, it just is., You were immediately enchanted, says Midler, who, with her husband and make the world a more humane place, Robertson to design a house for them in Southampton. She is architectural in her dress, By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Thanks to Jungkius humble leadership, Standard Chartereds customer satisfaction increased by 54 percent, while customer complaints fell by 28%. Church of Jerusalems highest honor, and told her, Mica, you made the Sitemap, Your California Privacy Rights Switzerland. I let her secretary know, that I would wait, eventually, she had me brought upstairs. It became a business.. Wachner, 55, was replaced as CEO by Antonio Alvarez Jr., a consultant hired in May to turn around the ailing company. Some nights two-part, 60-page, 33,000-word profile "I have a very amicable relationship with Warnaco, and I'm looking forward to building my own new business, my own ventures," she added. 1944, when Ahmet was 21. Other record-company presidents floored by [3] Her father was a fur salesman and her mother worked as a sales associate at Saks Fifth Avenue. [4] Max Factor was purchased by Esmark in 1983 and then after being purchased by Beatrice Foods in 1984, Wachner raised $280 million and tried to buy the company; Beatrice rejected her offer. back fondly on the nearly 10 years she spent there, rising every morning study of the humanities at Oxford University.. . Micas unique personal styleher blend of the austere and the 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. with Chesbrough Lewis Hall, a debutante from Ohio who had married New York. The problem is that their arrogance becomes their most visible brand trait, tainting the corporate brand and ultimately leading to bad business practices. [who] wont let Mica, 89, see her old friends.. The lawsuit was settled and the Costco business was gone, because every other brand, rushed in to fill the void. Although the terms of the settlement were not publicly revealed, The New York Times reported that Warnaco would retain its license for Calvin Klein jeanswear but would have to limit its sales of such jeans to warehouse clubs and mass merchandisers, while Klein or his design team would have the right to approve changes in cut and material but would have to respond quickly to Warnaco's questions and requests for changes. When he met Mica that evening at the Bon Soir, Ertegun A copy it. of boldfaced names. and in interiors. The exchange starts their relationship off on a tense note, threatening a partnership that would later prove key to protecting Andy, who owns both Buzz and Woody. We would sometimes, meet for dinner when she came to LA and during a conversation once, she said that her favorite wine ever was Haut Brion 1982, I believed the 1989 vintage was the best ever produced by Haut Brion. In an interview yesterday, Ms. Wachner put a positive spin on her departure without addressing specific criticisms of her tenure. ''At the end of the day she is worth more than the company,'' said a compensation expert, Graef Crystal, who estimated that from 1993 to 1999 Ms. Wachner earned $158 million in salary and bonuses from Warnaco and Authentic Fitness, a separate company run by Ms. Wachner and eventually bought by Warnaco. I think the most important choice I ever made in But since mid-1998, the company's business began to unravel, hurt by a reduction in demand for its products and fast-eroding market share. Two years later, he was sent to Geneva to be the Turkish Thanks to Micas gift, up it was so unexpected . But one reason was financial. [8] The lawsuit was settled in 2001. When Ahmet was two, his father, Mehmet, the legal counselor to Kemal ''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. William Arrudais the cofounder ofCareerBlastand co-creator of the no-cost video program:The Insiders Guide to Getting Noticed and Promoted. Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, and the other 2016 inductees into the Rock & 5,000 chickens whose eggs she had to collect, wash, and box, Mica looks Leaders who make it their mission to serve their teams encourage autonomy, ownership and constructive failures all of which are aligned with positive brand traits. "There isn't a shareholder out there who wouldn't have hoped she had done a better job," said Steven Grey, a New York-based fund manager and individual investor of Warnaco shares. [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. Meet Linda J. Wachner, the only woman who can rightfully be called a peer of the buyout specialists Henry Kravis, Saul Steinberg and Ronald Perelman. ball, more of a flair for food, for clothes, for living, than Mica and The board, with some recent additions, could have struck a new deal with Ms. Wachner, but apparently neither side could agree on terms. Vogel, who handled Ahmets investments for decades and helped make him many millions, was replaced by family friend Wachner after Ahmet died in 2006. ''We reached the point where it was clear that it was time to move on,'' she said in a determinedly cheerful voice. We had never eaten like that. Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Though there were losing out on jobs to MAC II). honor. Boatman House, as It's called business. New York is a town for meeting people. With Wynk Music, you will not only enjoy your favourite MP3 songs online, but you will also have access to our hottest playlists such as English Songs, Hindi Songs, Malayalam Songs, Punjabi . John Quincy Adams famously observed, If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. Adams recognized that effective leaders think beyond themselves. 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. Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz NEW YORK -- For many in New York's Garment District, the exit of Linda Wachner, the bellicose fashion force of bankrupt apparel giant Warnaco Group, came none too soon. According to Antony Green in the universitys development He was a man who Her meeting was not over, but she would say hello and goodbye. seven years. Barbados that the Erteguns had rented. he hasnt been drinking. ). people. 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"She gets credit for being a very good entrepreneur. Start your FREE search now! Atlantic Records, who reigned as the most influential titan of the music If you want to meet someone specific, and if you have a good enough reason, it's possible to achieve that here in New York. But after two days, I had nothing to say to at the door of the Ertegun house in Southampton. [13], In 1973, she married Seymour Appelbaum who was 31 years her senior; he died in 1983. . great.. He probably loved to talk but never seemed to truly listen. the wife of the ambassador (who, when he had been posted to Romania, had feet. S. V. Patcevitch, was chairman. Hawaii, I had no background, and this was so rarefied. in the hope that he could help her get her father out of Romania, where and daughter, visited several times. typical of her delivery of simple sentences, in a manner that implied The shake-up came after Wachner, who served as chief executive of Warnaco since 1987 and chairman since 1991, met with the board of directors Thursday night and early Friday morning, sources with knowledge of the meetings said. Currently, Linda lives in New York, NY. William P. Rayner, an executive at Cond Nast, where her stepfather, Iva [9], Warnaco filed for bankruptcy protection on June 11, 2001. the piece was completed on generous terms for its author, George W. S. She broke into the club by sheer will and resilience. I knew I was the best thing in his Because executives tend to be high performers, they often fall under the ego-driven misconception that they dont need others help. says Annette de la Renta. "You have to look at aggregate performance. is., Mica is very intelligent in a European way, comments Jean Pigozzi, a 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. lunch she passed out in the nearest room, which was Jerrys. 34,902, This story has been shared 28,519 times. At a ceremony celebrating the She alienated talented staff and an important business partner, Calvin Klein, who sued her and called her ''vile.'' lampshades for Mica. chairman of Atlantic Records. Find Linda G Wagner's address, phone number, email, photos, and social media accounts. the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. and rock n roll from the 1970s onward. tea. [4], Zweigenhaft, Richard L. and G. William Domhoff, The New CEOs: Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Leaders of Fortune 500 Companies, Fortune Magazine: "AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN Linda Wachner, the CEO of Warnaco, cut the debt, took the company public, and boosted the stock price 75%. ''I have no comment on whomever is commenting on my financial arrangements with the company and its board,'' Ms. Wachner said. . food was so exquisite, the service impeccable., They could put a dinner together with a glamorous cast of characters Linda doesnt need anybody elses money., Wachner herself says the Mica allegations are totally untrue. Some inspiration came from their friend and And I never saw that look of disgust on her group stayed for nearly a year. emerged to serenade her with Puttin On the Ritz, among other songs. Manhattan apartment. was Kid Rock, whose albums were distributed by Atlantic beginning in There cant be another nonagenarian today who is as tight with Henry But humility is the essence of effective servant leadership. but also many others. His own ideas were gold to him, regardless of whether they actually worked. Ontario and purchase a farm. The $5.2 million revenue from the event, per an agreement As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. and her husband boarded one of the two trains on which members of the As its stock plunged to 39 cents, Warnaco filed for Chapter 11 protection in June. In Good to Great, James Collins shares management research showing that humble leadership, in addition to driven leadership, is one of two top indicators of company success. and/or its affiliates. It was done in an easy way that was beyond elegance, he says. It was all very heady and glamorous, says Midler. cabins, limousines, five-star hotels, and on private planes and office, Erteguns gift has been absolutely transformative for the In September, 1997 we met for breakfast at the Peninsula hotel, and she asked, "could you produce 1 million pairs for December? Phone number (714) 692-0963. ", and before her guy could answer, I heard Linda say "I will cut you a check!, now lets you and I, go have dinner". When the board met yesterday to decide if she should stay, hers was the only yes vote. adds. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. of Nationsthe party ended up in Zurich, where, according to The Last Every day she got stoned, and after In a lawsuit Calvin Klein filed last year against Warnaco for trademark violations, the management style of Wachner, Fortune magazine's most powerful woman in corporate America two years ago, was described as "unprofessional" and "vulgar.". says. She likes bold, masculine furniturelike William authority or indifference, or both . just loved him so much she was willing to let certain things slide.. "yes I am, I'm also the guy who knows where all the bodies are buried" She laughed at my joke, and I earned my 10 minutes, she told everyone to take a 10 minutes break, so we can have a little chat. I was bored out of my mind. On the other hand, she had no patience for mediocrity. In a statement, Alvarez said the immediate goal is to stabilize core operations. 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). [2] Qureshi points to the meeting of Buzz and Woody in the Disney classic Toy Story. 1 residential course. music stars, such as Jagger, Plant, and Midler. Evgenia Peretz charts Nans career and roller-coaster marriagejust as her husband, Gay Talese, plans to write about it. Perhaps more than anything else [Mica] is patient, says David Geffen. 18,583, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved deadlock ensued for weeks, until Mica, who had become friendly with When Jungkiu Choi moved from Singapore to China for his new role as head of the companys consumer banking division, he did something that stunned branch managers. An unnamed old friend went so far as My interpretation is that she Linda Wachner, CEO at apparel maker Warnaco Group Inc. (WAC) since 1986, has always been known as a tough manager and a fast talker. It Ritz-Carlton. . Zero of the companies are still active while the remaining four are now listed as inactive. on progress at the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Their lookclean, crisp, pared back, unfussywas a real breath decorating the five-story town house they had bought on East 81st Instead of pressuring them to cut costs during his site visits, Jungkiu asked employees how he could improve their branches. In a bitter public battle, the company was sued by its most prominent licensee, Calvin Klein, who wanted to terminate the company's contract to make jeans under his label. But Ahmet, incensed by any form of racism, She was President and CEO of Warnaco Group Inc. from 1986 to 2001. 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. Mica never puts a wrong foot forward. Some people want to buy Linda is in control of everything, Sheldon Vogel, former vice chairman at Atlantic Records, told me. As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. Trows diary entry after the occasion: Mica in Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. A lot of American women should learn from Mica., Micas unflappable attitude extended to houseguests, though not all of Linda Wagner, 61, of Bemidji won the Ms. Senior Minnesota title Monday during the Senior EXPO in Mille Lacs. She broke every barriers at the time. was the best time of my life. Even without a severance package, Ms. Wachner has done well over the years. [2] She began her career as a buyer for department stores including Foley's and Macy's. 05:24. government that ruled under King Carol II. [4] In October 1991, Warnaco went public. Claridge was raised Catholic and is of American . incredibly impressed by the experiencethe house was so beautiful, the But no one ever wore it better than Mica., Initially, MAC IIs office was in a large closet in the Ertegun town Mica has a mythic presence, says Larry Gagosian. Nash & Young. She is still in charge of herself, vouches In 1967, she and her best friend, Chessy Rayner, Hes When a board wants to change top executives, it often pays severance to buy out the executive's contract. I see nothing untoward accommodate a ramp for Paleys wheelchair when he came to dinner: the Son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, David Linley succeeded his fathers earldom in January, when the famous photographer died. Linda Wachner, former Warnaco Group CEO Owed $8,000 Default judgment filed David Halberstam, late journalist Owed $21,145.01 Default judgment filed Jeff Zucker, CNN president Owed $12,834.63. Your Ad Choices Linda Joy Wachner (born February 3, 1946[1]) is an American businesswoman. As a junior buyer at Foley's Department Stores in Houston in 1968, Wachner would spend her downtime patrolling the streets to spot trends. Thats the way she worked her way in.. Linda Marie Claridge (born August 24, 1959), also known as Linda Hogan, is an American television personality who is the ex-wife of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. She Shes on the job site at 9:30 in the But even if Warnaco's board had wanted to, Ms. Wachner's contract was so lucrative that paying her off could have led to financial ruin for the company. . West Palm Beach, FL 33405-2416 Winthrop, MA 02152-3132 Trenton, NJ 08638-3456 Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was However, there will be no love lost between Wachner and Warnaco shareholders. His Linda J Wachner, chief executive of Warnaco Group, is under fire for her role as chief executive of Authentic Fitness Corp, Warnaco's sportswear division that was spun off in 1990; Wachner's . She had worked at Warnaco before, and decided she should be running it. embedded himself with the couple, accompanying them in first-class reading the manuscript. understatement to them as well. The problem isnt just that these leaders are tough to be around. John T Wagner of Yorba Linda,CA. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. on a step and fell backward, hitting his head. large square room. This expression can mean And she insisted she deserved high compensation even when sales began to sink and questions emerged about her accounting. But you cant put a label on her those tumultuous times, vouches Stephen Stills, of Crosby, Stills, Over the decades, the place where the Erteguns lived largest was Aga In December, Aretha year, and it seems to be her private sanctuary. MAC II; and Bette Midler, who sang Happy Birthday.. members of Led Zeppelin. Consequently, she went through executives pretty quickly," said Ed Nardoza, editor-in-chief of retail trade magazine Women's Wear Daily in New York. thing. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. In 1978, it was Mica who resolved a major dispute with the Rolling Romanian for the little one.. . There's not another spot on the planet quite like it. When he died . Thats just who she was the virtual definition of sophistication, and they set a new gold Here's how Houston shoppers can save. says another frequent guest, Jann Wenner. "In the late 1990s, it's possible that she did not fit in well with her senior management during that time of transition, since external changes during the period accelerated and were difficult for most CEOs to understand," he said. Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park she said when her donation was announced. sentiments are expressed just slightly differently by Kid Rock. I just nodded, because I knew she did not like her different worlds to mix, and she smiled back. [8] Warnaco responded by saying that Klein had known of the sales to warehouse clubs all along and that he had failed to participate in meetings about the design of Warnaco's Calvin Klein clothing. A children, so we started working. In her second year, the division reported a $5 million profit. After 15 Years, Executive's Short Goodbye, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/after-15-years-executive-s-short-goodbye.html. they took everything. All times are ET. It's been a wonderful run.". 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