Eric Louis Zinterhofer (born August 1971) is an American private equity financier who is a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners.
Early life
Eric Zinterhofer was born in August 1971.
He is the son of Louis J. M. Zinterhofer and Susan A. Zinterhofer of Rumson, New Jersey.
He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania
and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Career
In his early career, Zinterhofer worked at
Morgan Stanley as a financial analyst.
In 1998, he took a job under
Leon Black at Apollo Global Management.
In 2010, he co-founded Searchlight Capital with
Oliver Haarmann and
Erol Uzumeri.
Zinterhofer was the chairman of Charter Communications from 2009 to 2016 and returned to the role in 2023 upon Tom Rutledge's retirement.
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.
They have two sons.
They live in New York City[ and Aspen, Colorado.]
