Archive for the 'The family business' Category

The world learned on Friday that Aerin Lauder — the up-and-coming granddaughter of late cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder, and still a board member and major holder of Estée Lauder Cos. (EL) — was branching out on her own. From what we can tell, most of the coverage (sparked by The New York Post’s Page Six [...]

When the new proxy for Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) crossed our desk on Monday, we expected to make quick work of it. After all, in December we’d already footnoted the sweet new pay package lavished on Chief Executive Mark Ordan, and last month noted the unceremonious (if lucrative) axe dropped on former Chief Financial Officer Julie [...]

Here at footnoted, we work for our founding editor, Michelle Leder. And as a tiny outpost of Morningstar Inc., of course, we all ultimately work for founding Chairman and Chief Executive Joe Mansueto. It’s safe to say that we’re happy working for a couple of enterprising visionaries like Joe and Michelle. (Hi, guys!) But a [...]