Eric Zinterhofer

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

Eric Zinterhofer
Born	Eric Louis Zinterhofer August 1971 (age 53)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania (BA) Harvard University (MBA)
Occupation	private equity financier
Title	founding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners
Spouse	Aerin Lauder ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2 sons

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]