[2] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania[2] and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
[3] In his early career, Zinterhofer worked at Morgan Stanley as a financial analyst.
[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.
[3] 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.