Christie Hefner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_Hefner
Where is Christie Hefner now? Net Worth, Divorce, Parents, Kids (Connecting the Dots: Christie Hefner, Brandeis University, The Center for American Progress, Barack Obama Administration, Kimberly Cheatle, Butler & Soros Funding, All Networking)
By
Daniel Wanburg July 12, 2024
https://thebiography.org/where-is-christie-hefner-now-net-worth-divorce-parents-kids/
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Christie Hefner is the daughter of Hugh Hefner and a successful businesswoman
• She was the CEO and chairwoman of Playboy Enterprises for more than a decade
• She was named 'Most Powerful Women' by Fortune magazine
• She is now mostly devoted to charitable work
• She has a net worth of $30 million and inherited $50 million from her father
Who
is Christie Hefner?
When it
comes to the surname ‘Hefner’, most people think about Hugh Hefner and his
Playboy magazine, however, did you know that his daughter Christie was the
chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Playboy Enterprises for more
than a decade?
No? Well, to learn more about this successful businesswoman, keep on scrolling.
Early
life, parents, and education
Born
Christie Ann Hefner under the zodiac sign of Scorpio on 8 November 1952, she
recently celebrated her 70th birthday. She was born in Chicago,
Illinois USA, and holds American nationality. She comes from a family of
Swedish, German and English descent.
She
is the daughter of Hugh Hefner
and his first wife, Mildred ‘Milly’ Williams, who were married from 1949 to
1959. Mildred and Hugh also have a son together, namely David.
When
their parents divorced, Christie and David went to live with their mother in
Wilmette, Illinois, where Mildred remarried.
Speaking
of Christie’s educational background, she attended New Trier High School, and
upon matriculating in 1970, she enrolled at Brandeis University, from which she graduated summa
cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in English and American Literature in 1974.
Career
Following
her college graduation, Christie worked as a freelance writer for the Boston
Phoenix magazine, writing movie reviews. After a year, she moved back to
Chicago, where she began working at Playboy Enterprises.
In
1982, Christie was named president of the company, and six years later became
CEO and chairwoman of the board. Christie is still known as the longest-serving
female CEO of a public company. During her time at Playboy Enterprises,
Christie extended the Playboy magazine franchise all over the world (to 25
localized foreign editions).
Thanks
to her, Playboy magazine leveraged its brand into a television network, and also launched
adult-TV programs such as ClubJenna and Spice Network.
In
1994, Playboy magazine was the first national magazine to establish a website.
For three years, Christie was named ‘Most Powerful Women’ by American business
magazine Fortune.
In
December 2008, Christie announced her plans to leave the position as CEO of the
company, saying that she’d decided to devote her time to charitable work.
Officially, on 30 January 2009, Christie left Playboy Enterprises.
Where
is she now?
In
2011, Christie was named the executive chairman of Canyon Ranch Enterprises, a
spa resort company, which also provided health and wellness advice through the
company’s website. Four years later, she began serving as chairman of the board
of the company called Hatchbeauty Brands, and since 2015, she is also on the
board of Washington DC-based Center for American Progress, an organization that presents a
liberal viewpoint on social and economic issues.
Christie
established the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in honor of her father,
Hugh, who died in 2017. Since the awards’ inception, more than 100 people,
including journalists, lawyers, educators and high school students, have been
honored.
Currently,
Christie is mostly devoted to this organization, and she has helped to raise
over $30 million to build the first outpatient facility for people with AIDS –
the facility called CORE Center is settled in Chicago.
Christie
lives in Chicago, and you can keep track of
her work and life through her Instagram account.
Love
life, divorce, and kids
Christie
hasn’t been the subject of any controversies about her private life, and in
public, she’s always polite, well-dressed, and with proper lady-like manners.
In 1995, she married a former Illinois state senator, William A. Marovitz, who
is a lawyer and real estate developer, but the two divorced in 2013, and they
didn’t have children.
Net
worth
A
successful businesswoman and now a philanthropist, thanks to her hard work
she’s accumulated a hefty sum of money. According to sources, as of early 2023,
Christie Hefner has a net worth estimated at over $30 million. Christie, her
brother David, and their half-siblings,
Cooper and Marston, inherited the wealth of their late father, Hugh, whose net
worth at the time of his death was estimated at $50 million.
Briefly
about Christie’s father, Hugh Hefner
Born
Hugh Marston Hefner on 9 April 1926, in Chicago, the first child of Grace
Caroline and Glenn Lucius, he spent most of his childhood days in his hometown,
alongside his younger brother, Keith.
Hugh’s
mother wanted him to become a missionary, and he was raised as a conservative
Methodist, however, it seems that fate had other plans for Hugh.
Upon
matriculating from high school in 1944, he began serving in the US Army as a
writer for a military newspaper until 1946, when he enrolled at the University
of Illinois. Hugh graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1949, and
a double minor in Creative Writing and Art.
In the
early ‘50s, Hugh worked as a copywriter for the magazine Esquire, but left in
1952 after his request for a salary increase was rejected. In the following
year, he took a mortgage loan and raised money from 45 investors, including his
mother, to launch Playboy.
The first issue published in December 1953
featured Marilyn Monroe’s photo from a 1949 nude calendar, although she had
done this shoot under a pseudonym. This issue sold over 50,000 copies, and the
rest is history. Playboy magazine and Hugh are synonyms with a bon vivant lifestyle.
Speaking
of his personal life, Christie’s mother confessed to Hugh that she had an
affair while he was in the army, and when the two married, she allowed him to
have sex with other women, which she hoped would preserve their marriage,
however, as mentioned, they divorced.
In the
following years, Hugh had a relationship with numerous celebrities, including
Donna Michelle, Shannon Tweed, Karen Christy, and Carrie Leigh, a few of his
many lovers. In 1971, Hugh stated that he had experimented with bisexuality.
In
1989, Hugh married Playmate of the Year Kimberley Conrad, who was 36 years
younger than him. The following year Kimberley gave birth to their first son
Marston, while their second son, Cooper, was born in 1991. Citing
irreconcilable differences, Hugh filed for divorce in 2009, although the two
were separated for over a decade. Their divorce was finalized in 2010.
His
Playboy mansion in Los Angeles, California, was a home for numerous young
girls, and he dated as many as seven women at the same time. They were known by
numbers, and his ‘number one girl’ for a long time was Holly Madison, but who
after seven years was replaced by Crystal Harris, whom Hugh married in 2012,
and they were married until his death on 27 September 2017, aged 91.
Connecting
the Dots:
Christie Hefner
enrolled at Brandeis
University, from which she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s
degree in English and American Literature in 1974 and is also on the board of
Washington DC-based Center for American Progress.
D. Ronald Daniel is
a trustee at Brandeis University and was an honorary trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American
Progress and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” for guns, and is an affiliated advocacy group with
the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Center
for American Progress Action Fund is an affiliated advocacy group for
the Center for American Progress.
John D. Podesta is the chair & counselor for the Center for American Progress and the chairman for the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Carol M. Browner is a director, senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, and was the energy czar for the Barack Obama
Administration.
Tom Daschle is
a director at the Center for American Progress and was the nominee
for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama Administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was the
health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama Administration.
Lawrence H.
Summers is a distinguished fellow at the Center for American
Progress and was the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Cassandra Q. Butts was
the SVP for the Center for American Progress and the deputy White
House counsel for the Barack Obama Administration.
Philip J. Crowley was
the director of homeland security at the Center for American Progress
and the assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama Administration.
Derek Douglas was
an associate director of economic policy at the Center for American
Progress, and a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Bradley J. Kiley was
a VP for the Center for American Progress and the director of
management and administration for the Barack Obama Administration.
Karen Kornbluh was
a visiting scholar at the Center for American Progress and a policy
director for Barack Obama.
Jeanne Lambrew was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
deputy assistant to the president for health policy for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Denis McDonough was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Esther M.
Olavarria was the director of immigration policy at the Center
for American Progress and is the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama Administration.
Dan Restrepo was
the Americas Project director at the Center for American Progress
and a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama Administration.
Gene B. Sperling was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama Administration.
Todd Stern was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
special envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State for
the Barack Obama Administration.
Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama Administration and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Apple Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
AT&T Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Bank of
America Corp. was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
BMW of
North America LLC was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Citigroup Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Coca-Cola
Company was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Facebook was a
funder for the Center for American Progress.
General
Electric Company was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company) was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Motion
Picture Association of America was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
PG&E
Corporation was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Samsung
Electronics Co. was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Time Warner Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
T-Mobile USA,
Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Toyota
Motor North America was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Visa Inc. was a
funder for the Center for American Progress.
Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Wells Fargo &
Co. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
PepsiCo, Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Kimberly Cheatle served as Senior Director in
Global Security at PepsiCo and is the 27th director
for the U.S. Secret Service. (In Charge of Butler
Shooting).
Michael H. Jordan was
the division chairman & CEO for PepsiCo, Inc. and an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Larry D. Thompson is
the EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo,
Inc. and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
D. Ronald Daniel was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is
a trustee at Brandeis University.
Christie Hefner
enrolled at Brandeis
University, from which she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s
degree in English and American Literature in 1974 and is also on the board of
Washington DC-based Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American
Progress and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” for guns, and is an affiliated advocacy group with
the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Resources:
Past Research
Exclusive:
EPA Document Proposes to Eliminate Clean Power Plan ‘in Its Entirety’ (Past Research on Christie Hefner & the Center for
American Progress)
Friday,
October 6, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/10/exclusive-epa-document-proposes-to.html
Brandeis
University Bans ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Over ‘Open Support’ for
Hamas (Connecting the Dots: Brandeis University, Palestine (Hamas), United
Nations, The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), University of Maryland,
University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, NBC, The Smithsonian
Institution, The Brookings Institution & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Brandeis University)
Thursday,
August 21, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/08/brandeis-university-bans-students-for.html
GE,
Walmart, AT&T, Google Among Center for American Progress Donors (Past Research on the Center for American Progress)
Saturday,
December 14, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/ge-walmart-at-google-among-center-for.html
Musk
on Trump Attack: Head of Secret Service Should Resign (Connecting the Dots: The
head of the Secret Service is Kimberly Cheatle, PepsiCo, Alejandro Mayorkas,
O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle
& PepsiCo)
Sunday,
July 14, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/07/musk-on-trump-attack-head-of-secret.html
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