Eddie Lampert

**Edward Scott Lampert** (an haife shi a ranar 19 ga Yuli, 1962)  ɗan kasuwa ne mai kuɗi a Amurka. Shi ne tsohon babban jami'i kuma shugaban Sears Holdings, wanda ya kafa Transformco, kuma wanda ya kafa, shugaba, kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa na ESL Investments . Har zuwa watan Mayu na 2007, ya kasance darektan AutoNation .  Ya kasance darektan AutoZone daga 1999 zuwa 2006.  Ya zuwa Disamba 2025, an kiyasta dukiyarsa ta kai dala biliyan 2.2 na Amurka. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Lampert a shekarar 1962 ga Dolores Lampert da Floyd M. Lampert. Bayahudiya ce.  Mahaifiyarsa matar aure ce. Mahaifinsa babban abokin tarayya ne a kamfanin lauyoyi na Lampert & Lampert da ke birnin New York. Yana da ƙanwarsa Tracey.  Kakar Lampert mai saka hannun jari ce kuma mai sha'awar shirin talabijin na *Wall Street Week* na Louis Rukeyser . Ta saka masa sha'awar saka hannun jari. Daga baya mahaifiyarsa za ta tuna cewa matashi Eddie zai zauna tare da kakarsa yana bita da kimanta aikin zaɓaɓɓun hannun jarinta a jaridar yau da kullun. 

Mahaifin Lampert ya mutu a shekarar 1977,  kuma mahaifiyarsa ta ɗauki aiki a matsayin magatakarda a Saks Fifth Avenue .  Daga baya mahaifiyarsa ta ce: "Eddie ya ɗauki alhakin, da sanin cewa rayuwa ta canza kuma dole ne mu cim ma wani abu da kanmu yanzu."  Domin taimakawa wajen tallafa wa iyalinsa, Lampert ya yi aiki bayan makaranta da kuma a ƙarshen mako a rumbunan ajiya daban-daban, yana shirya kayan safa da kuma cike oda. Duk da aiki, ya sami maki mai kyau, ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa da ƙwallon kwando, kuma ya lashe kyautar ɗan wasa a makarantar sakandare. Ya sami tallafin kuɗi don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin kwaleji. Lampert ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Yale a shekarar 1984 tare da digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki, *summa cum laude*, inda ya kasance memba na Skull and Bones   da Phi Beta Kappa .

## Sana'a
A watan Yulin 1984, Lampert ya yi aiki a matsayin mai horo a Goldman Sachs,  sannan ya yi aiki a sashen sasantawa kan haɗari na kamfanin daga Maris 1985 zuwa Fabrairu 1988. A lokacin da yake can, ya yi aiki kai tsaye tare da Robert Rubin . Lokacin da Lampert ya yanke shawarar fita shi kaɗai, Rubin ya yi masa gargaɗi cewa zai zama mummunan shawara a aiki.

A watan Afrilun 1988, Lampert ya bar bankin ya kafa ESL Investments, wanda ke Greenwich, Connecticut (sunan ya samo asali ne daga farkon sunan Lampert). Richard Rainwater, wanda Lampert ya haɗu da shi a Tsibirin Nantucket, ya ba shi kuɗin iri na dala miliyan 28 kuma ya gabatar da shi ga abokan ciniki, kamar David Geffen .

Wani bayanin da Businessweek ya wallafa a shekarar 2004 ya kwatanta salon saka hannun jari na Lampert da na mai kuɗi Warren Buffett .  An kiyasta cewa ribar Lampert a shekarar 2004 ta kai dala biliyan 1.02, wanda hakan ya sanya shi ya zama manajan kuɗi na farko na Wall Street da ya wuce dala biliyan 1 a cikin shekara guda.  A shekarar 2006, Lampert ya shiga jerin mutane 100 mafi tasiri a duniya saboda kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin "masu hazaka a Wall Street" da kuma jagorantar wani sabon ajin asusun masu fafutuka.  Lampert shi ne mutum mafi arziki a Connecticut a shekarar 2006 tare da dukiyar dala biliyan 3.8. 

A watan Maris na 2012, Lampert ya kasance a lamba 367 a jerin mutanen da suka fi kowa kuɗi a duniya a *Forbes*, inda ya mallaki dala biliyan 3.1.  Zuwa watan Agusta na 2016, Lampert ya faɗi zuwa lamba 810 a jerin, inda ya mallaki dala biliyan 2.2. 

A watan Janairun 2013, an sanar da cewa Lampert zai karɓi ragamar shugabancin Sears bayan Louis D'Ambrosio ya sauka daga muƙaminsa saboda matsalolin lafiyar iyali; wannan ya fara aiki a watan Mayun 2013.

Lampert ya sake tsara Sears zuwa kusan sassa 30 na kasuwanci daban-daban, waɗanda aka kimanta bisa ga ribar da aka samu, maimakon kimanta tasirinsu ga ribar Sears gaba ɗaya. Waɗannan sassan an tsara su ne don siye da sayar da ayyuka a tsakaninsu ta hanyar yin tayin gasa.  Wasu majiyoyi sun ce waɗannan manufofin sun dogara ne akan ra'ayoyin Ayn Rand . Gabaɗaya an yarda cewa sun gaza rage raguwar Sears. 

A watan Yulin 2016, ya mallaki kashi 28% na hannun jari a Sears Holdings Corp, wanda darajarsa ta kai kimanin dala miliyan 408. 

A farkon shekarar 2017, an kiyasta cewa Lampert, shugaban ƙasa na wancan lokacin, babban jami'in gudanarwa kuma babban mai hannun jari na Sears Holdings, yana da kadarorin kansa na dala biliyan 2, galibi a cikin asusun hedge ESL Investments.  A farkon shekarar, ya yi alƙawarin samar da ƙarin lamuni na dala miliyan 500 ga Sears kuma ya ce zai samar da wasiƙun bashi ga Sears don ƙarin kuɗi, wanda aka ruwaito jimillarsu ta kai dala miliyan 200 kuma wataƙila ya karu zuwa dala biliyan 5 a nan gaba. 

Ma'aikata da ma'aikatan kamfanoni sun soki Lampert saboda "rage ma'aikatansa" a tarurrukan kamfanoni da kuma "rashin sanin gaskiya", da kuma gazawar saka hannun jari a shagunan zahiri, domin da yawa daga cikinsu suna tabarbarewa.  A lokacin da yake babban jami'in gudanarwa, Sears ya rasa kusan rabin darajarsa cikin shekaru biyar, kuma ya rufe fiye da rabin shagunansa na zahiri.

A ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 2018, Lampert ya sauka daga mukamin babban jami'in gudanarwa na Sears Holdings, yayin da yake ci gaba da zama shugaban hukumar gudanarwa, a matsayin wani ɓangare na ayyukan fatara na Sears Holdings. A ranar 6 ga Disamba, 2018, Lampert, ta hanyar kamfaninsa ESL Investments, ya yi tayin siyan dukkan Sears akan dala biliyan 4.6 a tsabar kuɗi da hannun jari.  Za a ba da kuɗin tayin ta hanyar ƙarin bashi na dala miliyan 950,  amma ba tare da ƙarin kuɗi ba.  A farkon 2019, shaguna ɗari biyar sun ci gaba da aiki; sauran kuma suna cikin rufewa.  A cewar wani rahoto da aka shigar a kan kamfani, Lampert ya sauka daga mukamin shugaban Sears Holdings Corp a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 2019. 

A watan Janairun 2019, wata ƙungiyar masu ba da bashi ta Sears waɗanda ke fatan shawo kan wani alkali na tarayya don tilasta wa Sears ya daina aiki ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba ta yi zargin cewa Lampert ya ƙirƙiro wani "tsari mai fuskoki da yawa na tsawon shekaru da yawa" don kwace kadarorin kamfanin da kuma amfana daga raguwar sa.  A watan Mayun 2019, Lampert, watanni bayan siyan ragowar Sears daga kamfanin riƙe da hannun jari, ya yi barazanar ba zai biya dala miliyan 43 na kuɗin fansho ba  da ake bin tsoffin ma'aikata da waɗanda suka yi ritaya na Sears da Kmart 90,000. 

A watan Disamba na shekarar 2024, an shigar da ƙarar dala miliyan 177 a kotun fatarar kuɗi a kan Lampert da kamfanonin da yake iko da su ta hannun Amintaccen Sears Hometown Stores.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A shekara ta 2001, Lampert ya auri Kinga Keh, lauya wacce take da 'ya'ya uku.   Suna da gidaje a Indian Creek Village, Florida,  Aspen, Colorado  da Greenwich, Connecticut .  Ma'auratan mambobi ne na gidansu na Chabad . 

Lampert shine mamallakin *Fountainhead*, wani katafaren gida  jirgin ruwan alfarma mai hawa mai suna Ayn Rand mai suna iri ɗaya. 

A shekara ta 2003, an sace Lampert daga wurin ajiye motoci na ofishinsa na Greenwich amma ya shawo kan masu garkuwa da shi su bar shi bayan kwana biyu na garkuwa da shi ta hanyar yi musu alƙawarin biyan fansa bayan da masu garkuwar suka yi wa kansu rashin jituwa ta hanyar yin odar pizza da katin kiredit ɗinsa.

Lampert mutum ne mai da'awar goyon bayan tattalin arzikin kasuwa mai 'yanci kuma mai sha'awar marubucin Objectivism Ayn Rand ne. 

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