Eric Zinterhofer

Eric Zinterhofer
Born
Eric Louis Zinterhofer

August 1971 (age 55)
Education
OccupationPrivate equity financier
TitleFounding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners
Spouse
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(m. 1996)​
Children2 sons

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. In 2025, he joined the board of Estée Lauder. He will become president of the Board of Trustees at Phillips Academy Andover in July 2026.

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 have homes in Easthampton, New York, and Aspen, Colorado.

References

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  8. ↑ "Phillips Academy Trustees elect new leadership". Andover | An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
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  13. ↑ "Mountain High: Aerin Lauder's Aspen Home". Vogue. November 2, 2011. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.