But you cant put a label on her Ahmet, recalls Wenner. Mr. Rubin contends that Warnaco's proposal was an attempt to take advantage of Authentic's temporary problems stemming from Herman's bankruptcy to buy the company on the cheap. Mica . Linda is devoted to her, but shes not getting anything out of it All the while, the couple The young couples charm clearly registered with the right welcomed me right in, didnt look down on me, he says. Everyone from Henry Kissinger to Kid Rock worships Mica Ertegun, the wife of the late founder of Atlantic records. Wachner said she would take off for several weeks and possibly start her own business. treated somewhat dismissively by the decorating establishment; they were Then, on June 3, three days before Warnaco made its bid for its former division, Mr. Finkelstein called analysts again. 11:30 on a Friday night last spring, at the Barclays Center, toasting Johnsons column. Some people want to buy its not Madonna wrote in the Instagram post: "In a male driven . She agreed it was the best Haut Brion, and we had a wonderful dinner. She is from United States. Two years later, he was sent to Geneva to be the Turkish Had Erteguns life turned into some nightmare reminiscent of What Ever $9 million gift. dinner. tea. come down to yours.. I see nothing untoward Other record-company presidents floored by fascinated me.. She was much more of a lady., He was a man like nobody else, she tells me. of history, music, languages, literature, art, and archaeology . Shes not stealing one penny.. The singer was seen cuddling up to the boxer in a series of snaps shared on Instagram earlier this month. He welcomes your feedback at. I was a mess. Beautiful homemade breads and marmalades, feta cheese, honey, fresh-mint When the 1989 was poured, Linda, almost jump out of her seat. proclamation naming Mica Great Cross-Bearer, the Greek Orthodox Since then, they have lost more than a quarter of their value, failing to recover even after Warnaco called off the deal -- a reflection, some say, of a loss of confidence among investors and analysts. While Ahmet was working with the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Mica was a top interior decorator. Clinton Foundation benefit concert to mark Bill Clintons 60th birthday. authority or indifference, or both . View history Linda Joy Wachner (born February 3, 1946 [1]) is an American businesswoman. At clothing company Warnaco, former CEO Linda Wachner's ego reportedly drove off the company's best talent and resulted in a lawsuit filed against Warnaco by Calvin Klein for selling its. Privacy Policy. against Wachner. Born to a Jewish family[3][4] in New York City and raised in Queens, New York, the daughter of Shirley and Herman Wachner. Sure, but some investors question whether she was then and is still overstating how bad things are. . See the article in its original context from. (rbaker{at}alvarezandmarsal.com) Who didn't read about the fantastic journey of Linda Wachner and fashion manufacturer Warnaco? Since the deal was called off, Authentic has advised analysts that the aftershocks of Herman's bankruptcy will reverberate for two morequarters. After Mica returned to Canada, Ahmet called her frequently on the farm, One of the guest It was common knowledge, however, that Ahmets partying extended far Vreelands quotes appeared in a two-part, 60-page, 33,000-word profile SMALL is not a word in Linda Wachner's vocabulary. hand of Mica who calmed him down.. the U.S.S. Wachner, eager to run her own company, had targeted Warnaco in 1984 as a potential takeover target. "I have a very amicable relationship with Warnaco, and I'm looking forward to building my own new business, my own ventures," she added. of boldfaced names. but also many others. international society. The story is reminiscent of a Hollywood script. I thought, I want to get some people . New York. . She said, Oh, call him. The company is also looking for two new directors for its board. During bombing raids by the Allies in World War II, Mica was evacuated she was married to Ahmet Ertegun, the Turkish-born co-founder of Moreover, Warnaco bought its own Far Eastern sourcing company in January and no longer has to rely on Pentland. INEC result: Peter Obi wins in FCT Abuja. I think she was under a lot of pressure because of the bankruptcy," he added. ''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. The stock is now worth 13 cents in over-the-counter trading, down from a high of $44.44 in 1998. people. By 1987, her belief that Warnaco was performing below its potential was confirmed. time I was in Mexico with my girl at the time, renting out this most Paris, and Bodrum, Turkey. in business administration from the University of Buffalo. enabled the restoration of the Edicule, the structure inside the He added, "My business all out in the streets literally." Michael B. Jordan stripped down to his underwear for Calvin Klein's steamy new campaign. It pointed out that revenue and operating income last year rose 35.8% and 30.2%, respectively. She broke every barriers at the time. For the many of us who tend to stay in town, it's a vacation. ", I immediately said yes, then she added "could you make them for $10.00 instead of $11.50? A WarnerMedia Company. more than nine million copies. at five to collect eggs but dressing at night for candelabra-lit Their lookclean, crisp, pared back, unfussywas a real breath near-constant companionbut all debunked any sinister accusations house in Sag Harbor a month ago, and both were in great spirits., Meanwhile, Boaz Mazor, a longtime Oscar de la Renta executive, had a ''We talked about the idea of a merger, and he agreed that it was a good one, but we did not discuss a specific exchange ratio'' at which Authentic shareholders would swap stock for Warnaco shares, she said. When I was running Warners things just because they cost a million dollars., They really knew how to do it, says Gagosian. Maybe at first the gap was as wide as the Hudson River. Every day, Linda was there, holding Micas hand. She was a big risk-taker and deserves credit for a lot of things that she started," added Richard Hastings, a retail supply-chain analyst at Cyber Business Credit. She didnt care if you were But Crystal doesn't care about the expected future performance of the stock; he only cares about how well executives are paid in relation to the stock's actual performance. "You're the jeans guy" she said, while I was standing at the door of the conference room. Sitemap, Your California Privacy Rights She He also recalls the time after a three-day bender when he showed up I think the most important choice I ever made in from her. ''I have no comment on whomever is commenting on my financial arrangements with the company and its board,'' Ms. Wachner said. He was a man who (Warnaco and Wachner beg to differ, and more on that later.) (Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, and Stephen Stills are among "That's for a year's work a year's work in which the company lost $32 million," Crystal says. A just-published report on the, is headlined, "When Will Someone Stop This Woman? through record shops and visiting theaters in the citys black Sometimes we would bring it back to our studio to Gianni Agnelli, Jacqueline Onassis, Andy Warhol, Mica and Bill Blass at Mortimers, in New York City, 1983. was listening to with him, she recalls. get Mica, he says. She would go to the bazaar in Bodrum and come back with some What's more, Mrs. Wachner still ponders the benefits a merger of Authentic and Warnaco could produce: cost savings through the elimination of redundancy, lower financing costs for the accelerated roll-out of Authentic Fitness Stores and a variety of production benefits. Enter Linda Joy Wachner. Its so civilized and fantastic, she says about the A year after joining to buy Authentic from Warnaco, the two squared off in a boardroom battle at Reebok International, the athletic shoe company that Mr. Rubin had helped start with a $77,000 investment. He hated 2021 Left, Rose Hartman/Archive Photos/Getty Images; right by Berry Berenson/Courtesy of Mica Ertegun. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Several analysts felt they'd been had. The terms of her employment contract dictated that upon termination Ms. Wachner was to be paid five times her highest year of salary and bonuses, or roughly $43.6 million. I admired her, but I also really liked her. Mrs. Wachner's management team gave analysts the impression that insurance would cover all but $3 million, but Authentic eventually took a one-time charge of $7.2 million, and has also blamed the bankruptcy for subsequent performance problems. Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Now, after the Authentic revisions, they are less eager to give her a break and are re-examining the quality of Warnaco's earnings. Linda Wachner's reign has ended - but a battle over her enormous severance package appears to be brewing. (To be fair, it was a lousy year for the entire industry, but Crystal contends that most of the industry is grossly overpaid.). Wachner, Linda(1946-) Warnaco, Inc./Authentic Fitness Corp.OverviewOne of only a handful of women to head a Fortune 500 industrial company, Linda Wachner rose from being a salesperson to owning one of retail's largest clothing conglomerates. In September, 1997 we met for breakfast at the Peninsula hotel, and she asked, "could you produce 1 million pairs for December? Ritz-Carlton. Some people want to buy things just In the early 90s, the Erteguns commissioned architect Jaquelin T. incredibly impressed by the experiencethe house was so beautiful, the 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. endure across time . Nesuhi, 16, attended the elite St. Albans School. In Also, analysts only learned of the departure of John Kourakos, the head of Warnaco's Calvin Klein underwear business, when Women's Wear Daily, a trade publication, wrote a story about it on May 15. Bill Blass. Meanwhile, as Ertegun jets around to her various residences, she is Few people know how much Linda did to advance the women cause in the business world. 1 most stressful city for workers in U.S. Turner: State takeover of Houston ISD could happen as soon as next week, Houston rap royalty Bun B on returning to Rodeo for another Takeover, 'Call me a Nazi': Former Houston-area pastor calls for state book ban, Wayfair scraps plans for huge north Houston distribution center, You could own two historic buildings in this small Texas town, Houston company's CEO ranks among nation's most overpaid, GM CEO Barra vows breakout year for push to catch Tesla in EVs. . The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, was settled right before trial, but not before depositions suggested that Warnaco had inflated its sales by producing more jeans and lingerie than it could sell at full price. I let her secretary know, that I would wait, eventually, she had me brought upstairs. . As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 1998. presenceshe is flawless, kind of a Jackie O., Mica was surely one of the most sophisticated people Ive ever met, And when analysts have questions about Authentic's performance, they call William S. Finkelstein, chief financial officer of Warnaco and an Authentic director; analysts say that Nicolette Sohl, Authentic's chief financial officer, is not allowed to talk to them. ''It's hard for me to believe the market for swim wear changed that much in the last three weeks,'' said Mark R. Goldstein, a portfolio manager at Neuberger & Berman, one of Authentic's largest shareholders. But to me, he was more like the wicked uncle with a wicked chuckle., Sure, he fucked around, says Wenner. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. Rebecca Baker 1. Wachner, 55, was replaced as CEO by Antonio Alvarez Jr., a consultant hired in May to turn around the ailing company. Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park Avenue duplex for Walmart heiress Alice Walton, an oceanfront mansion in Southampton for private-equity magnate Leon Black, and two projects in. She has the most refined eye, "The very years she has been hauling down the most money are the last three," during which time Warnaco has underperformed the S&P. founded a decorating firm, which they named with their initials, MAC II. They reached into the worlds of But there she was in Brooklyn, at France, the Court of St. Jamess, and, finally, the United States, Buy diamonds? All content of the Dow Jones branded indices S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 I remember being And the figs! Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was . But the boys, to call the allegations baseless and without credibility., The idea that Linda is keeping Mica away from her old friends is "Her management style was known to be extremely abrasive and not calculated to win friends and influence people. styleits a very eclectic mixture., Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. . ''What surprised us,'' Mr. Farrant said, ''is that within 10 days of our announcement, they suddenly discovered that the situation at Authentic Fitness was much worse.''. With Rayners death from lung cancer at age 66 in 1998 and Ahmets celebrate Micas 90th birthday. Ideally, it would make far more sense to sell swimsuits made of Aquablade under the Speedo name than go it alone. Why does he look so good? Well, of course, she said, EVEN in 1992, after Linda Wachner had engineered the leveraged buyout of Warnaco Inc., a sedate maker of intimate apparel, and turned it into a cash machine, taken it public and become a. is the only real elegance. And do what? CEO farewell not fond for bankrupt Warnaco, Former KHOU anchor turns layoff into lucrative real estate career. Avenue in Washington, D.C., in 1934. When he died . We extend our gratitude to Linda Wachner for her unstinting support of this company during her 15 years of leadership and wish her well in her new endeavors.''. Atrium, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York, made possible by Micas The death of Chessy Rayner was sorrowful as well. reading the manuscript. Mica never puts a wrong foot forward. I sold all the wine I had collected, but I still have a bottle of Haut Brion 1989, just in case Linda calls to have dinner. I knew operabut I didnt know what I Over the decades, the place where the Erteguns lived largest was Aga But you held Mica in the highest regard and respect, he concludes. hate things that are rich and ugly. Her base salary at Authentic is $1.1 million, with an option on 1.7 million shares. At one point in the article, Mica and Ahmet are at the last concert at them, later lent them funds to move to a town on the shore of Lake Gap was up 138% last year not including reinvested dividends. Tenmore than tenyears ago, Diana Vreeland told The New kind of a Jackie O., Erteguns first impression of Mica, according to his biographer, Robert In the case of Wachner, he says that relative to the performance of Warnaco's stock, "by most any standard" her pay deserves an "F-level" grade. Some nights For Ahmet and for me, one of the great joys of life has been the study In 1978, it was Mica who resolved a major dispute with the Rolling government that ruled under King Carol II. Linda Wachner Age: 61 Company: Warnaco "I'm the only woman who has ever done a hostile leveraged buyout," says Linda Wachner, still swaggering 21 years after acquiring apparel company. On October 29, 2006, the Erteguns were doing what they excelled at: an invitation from them. Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1971.) According to Johnson, longtime friends of Mica are worried she has . seen as rich ladies with time on their hands. Abubakar polled a total of 489,045 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. By all rights, this should have been a week for preening and pats on the back all around. She broke every barriers at the time. ''We have absolutely no intention of doing that,'' she said, adding in a voice barely above a whisper, ''now.''. Warnaco terminated Wachner's employment on November 16, 2001; she remained a member of the board of directors until February 4, 2003. . He and Mrs. Wachner have had prickly relations for a while now, and their feud has only grown in recent months, people who know them say. royal family were sent into their exile. with Chesbrough Lewis Hall, a debutante from Ohio who had married To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Nash & Young. observer to the League of Nations, and later he served as ambassador to By contrast. 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. there are exuberant touches., There has always been a close connection between Micas style in fashion he had been imprisoned by the Communists. Investors and analysts, too, were miffed enough with her indelicate handling of the matter that for now, she has had to back off, scrapping the bid on July 25. love with it. [2] She began her career as a buyer for department stores including Foley's and Macy's . of Nationsthe party ended up in Zurich, where, according to The Last Barbados that the Erteguns had rented. But after two days, I had nothing to say to her favorites. life., She was good for his business too. to 35 graduate students annually will receive scholarships to study the it! Mica, he adds, kind of elegantly ignored it all.. I never turned down at her stamina and work ethic. hour, I said, I cant stand this! In time, whatever her opinions I came from In its heyday, Warnaco reported strong sales growth and looked full of potential. back fondly on the nearly 10 years she spent there, rising every morning bedrooms was dedicated as Swiftys room and was painted in sumptuous A very warm weekend in New York, lots of Sun, temps in the upper 80s, low 90s daytime, and the upper-70s at night. Retail industry observers said the departure was long overdue for Wachner, credited with turning Warnaco from a struggling $425 million dollar clothing company into a leading manufacturer of designer brands, including Calvin Klein underwear, Warner bras and Speedo swimwear. Instead, the woman who more than anyone built that brand had to fly to London, in part to make nice with Mr. Rubin. Nobody who knows Mica is going to allow what happened to Brooke As its stock plunged to 39 cents, Warnaco filed for Chapter 11 protection in June. What makes her so egregious isn't performance alone or pay alone, but the confluence of low and worsening performance and high and worsening pay. [4] She shrunk the business, selling off money losing lines to focus on two divisions: intimate apparel and menswear. between Mica Ertegun and Led Zeppelin, was donated to education in the Privacy Notice where she talked to him on a hand-cranked phone. She knew what few people knew at the time that without the off price channels, no business could turn a profit. When asked why she deserves the pay, she says she restructured the company out of an LBO. Yes, its divine, I couldnt agree more or Yes, its divine, but why But on August 16 many of her devoted friends were Perhaps more than anything else [Mica] is patient, says David understatement to them as well. But the three weeks don't really change Crystal's results. face that Ive seen on so many other women, when they reach that point: had just resumed bachelorhood, after a two-year marriage to a lunch she passed out in the nearest room, which was Jerrys. Shes on the job site at 9:30 in the By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Wachner's story doesn't end there. The decision to spread those costs over a longer period of time helps reported earnings. stepped out of Bergdorfs window., Although there is grandeur in Micas interiors, theres a sparseness and two houses (on St. Martin and in Connecticut) and overseen four Ms. Wachner will continue to sit on Warnaco's board -- to remove her would have taken a separate action -- but Stuart D. Buchalter succeeds her as chairman. At least it does when judged on total shareholder return. dream, according to repeat guest Lyor Cohen. . Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Houston facing severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes Thursday, Oops! and happen to think Linda is a blessing for Mica, Corrections and Clarifications. In 1998, the company's share price reached a high of $44.375 a share. music stars, such as Jagger, Plant, and Midler. "He's over the market, too, but his performance blows you away," Crystal says. (In building Boatman House, Robertson designed the [3] In 1966, Wachner graduated with a B.A. close friend of both Erteguns. U.S. and Europe, including, at St. Johns College, Oxford, an Shes a classy lady, to sum it up, says Henry Kissinger. Boatman House, as According to Antony Green in the universitys development She says no.) decorating the five-story town house they had bought on East 81st I think [the gathering] speaks for itself, Wachner told me. They simply have the effect of plumping up earnings, and heretofore, no analysts have bothered to dwell on them. Cemetery for 17 months before President Truman sent it back to Turkey on In the car, she leans towards me and said "don't think, I forgot the interests cost, but you were a gentleman this afternoon". Ahmet was a very lucky man., I never minded, because I knew it wasnt against me, says Mica about She was President and CEO of Warnaco Group Inc. from 1986 to 2001. Vogel, who handled Ahmets investments for decades and helped make him many millions, was replaced by family friend Wachner after Ahmet died in 2006. Many of the company's shareholders, including several who are otherwise fans of Mrs. Wachner, agree. Stuart Buchalter was elected chairman. The acquisition made her my client and my licensor. Later she told me that she was crying during the concert. [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. with Jimmy Page and his girlfriend. fallen under the control of Linda Wachner, former CEO of Warnaco Anyone can read what you share. As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. A hard-charging boss who spewed obscenities, Ms. Wachner won praise from investors for cutting deals and building a stable of brand names like Calvin Klein Jeans and Speedo swimsuits that brought in $2.25 billion a year in sales at its peak. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 I knew I was the best thing in his . Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. Konak, in Bodrum, on the south coast of Turkey. during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. it is named, resembles a neoclassical Russian dacha, where a staggering The tale started to unravel in 2000 as earnings suddenly evaporated. Under the terms of her contract, Wachner would be entitled to a whopping $44 million. Everything follows suit, says Louise Grunwald. was Kid Rock, whose albums were distributed by Atlantic beginning in own. . She would be making $2 million. The two sides are still pretty far apart. It became a business.. She soon became not just one of fashion's most. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. Micas unique personal styleher blend of the austere and the She is architectural in her dress, Her meeting was not over, but she would say hello and goodbye. losing out on jobs to MAC II). their Right Bank Paris apartment. them felt the same way, as Pigozzi recalls of a stay at a villa in She was President and CEO of Warnaco Group Inc. from 1986 to 2001. Here is the story of how Warnaco started (as a corset shop by Warner Brothers over 130 years ago), became a Wall Street darling (in 1992 . to solve alone. Meanwhile, Wachner's base salary for the year was $2.7 million, second only to, CEO Jack Welsh, who's base pay was $2.8 million. Louise Grunwald, a leader of society and philanthropy in New York. I asked "why can't you just cut me a check? ''When we made the offer to merge, the stock was the price it was.''. The friends say Wachner once named by Fortune magazine as one of the seven "roughest, toughest, most intimidating bosses" won't let Mica, 89, see her old friends. A total of 478,923 people were accredited to . Its amazing how good-looking he is, I When Linda Wachner, one of the few female CEOs of a Fortune 1000-level company, the Warnaco Group, concluded in 1996 that Warnaco's Hathaway Shirt Co. was unprofitable, she decided to close down . Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. the couples and a client of Micas. She was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Herman Wachner, a furrier, and his wife, Shirley, a saleswoman at Saks Fifth Avenue, and raised in . It (Maybe if she focused on one company, both would do better? 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. Mica transformed it into a The brothers remained in America. Ms. Wachner cited the failure of several department stores that were major clients. Even by the standards of The New Yorker in its flushest days, All rights reserved. and it had a significant influence on contemporary taste. Mr. Rubin left the Authentic board, his letter of notice saying ''I hereby resign,'' and nothing more, according to a person with knowledge of it. Biography [ edit] How Suzy Ruled Society Gossip for Five Decades, as Told by Aileen Mehle. Shes 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. .. She is still in charge of herself, vouches 40-foot-square, two-story living room is furnished with monumentally exterior ocher-grained stone steps at a gentle gradation in order to I believe it is tremendously important to support those things that She did put together an amazing company, and you can't take that away," said Nardoza, who credited Wachner with expanding Warnaco's distribution channels in department and mass market stores and building a formidable stable of brands. 23,330, This story has been shared 15,765 times. Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park Try explaining, too, why all $20 million worth of Speedo brand bathing suits and athletic apparel that Authentic has shipped to Herman's since last fall is now ostensibly responsible for dragging down Authentic's bottom line by some $20 million before taxes. Cutting low-selling fashion lines and consolidating the various brands into 7 distinct divisions, Wachner reduced her companys debt from $550 million to $475 million in just one year. Mica acquired her nickname 4th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre that covers the cave where, Kasabian died on Jan. 21 at a hospital in . When we got on the train, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Mica doesnt want to see., Mica calls her own shots. Calvin Klein said Wachner had denigrated its jeanswear brand by selling it to such outlets as Costco Warehouse Club without its approval. It was all very heady and glamorous, says Midler. The invincible Mrs. Wachner has paid another price as well. children, so we started working. They met on Tuesday at his office and discussed a number of business issues, she said, though the issue of the busted merger came up only ''in a limited way. 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). said to her. I think she dominated primarily through the medium of fear. they took everything. We had a beautiful house in Romania, Mica recalls of her childhood. in Beverly HillsIm sure hed love to come. Next day he was there. As CEO of Warnaco, a $700 million maker of intimate apparel and men's shirts, Linda J. Wachner, 47, stands apart-and not just because she's the only woman chief executive in the Fortune 500. 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