Christie Hefner

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Christie Hefner
Playboy Enterprises
Spouse
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(m. 1995; div. 2013)​
Parent(s)Hugh Hefner
Mildred Williams
RelativesCooper Hefner (half-brother)

Christie Ann Hefner (born November 8, 1952) is an American businesswoman. She was chairman and CEO of

Playboy Enterprises from 1988 to 2009, and is the daughter of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner
.

Early life

Hefner was born in

National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, during the summers from 1964 to 1969.[2]

She graduated

Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.[3]

Career

After college, she freelanced for the Boston Phoenix for a year, writing movie reviews. Thereafter, she moved back to Chicago and started working at Playboy.

In 1982, she became president of

ClubJenna.[4][5]

Continuing the company's electronic expansion, in 1994, Hefner led the company onto the Internet with the launch of Playboy.com, the first national magazine to launch a web site, and built an international, profitable, multi-revenue stream business, including premium content, e-commerce, advertising and gaming, both online and mobile. She also built a highly profitable direct marketing, catalog and e-commerce business in film and music through both acquisition and organic growth. And, she greatly expanded the leveraging of the Playboy brand via licensing. In her last year as CEO, Playboy generated close to $1 billion in global retail sales, 80% of the sales to women. When she left, over 40% of her executives were women. For three years, she was named to Fortune's list of "Most Powerful Women".

In 2008, she released a memo to employees about her efforts to streamline the company's operations, including eliminating its DVD division and laying off staff.[6]

On December 8, 2008, she announced her plans to step down as CEO of Playboy.

U.S. president had inspired her to give more time to charitable work, and that the decision to step down was her own. "Just as this country is embracing change in the form of new leadership, I have decided that now is the time to make changes in my own life as well", she said.[8] She stepped down from her position at Playboy on January 30, 2009.[9]

In May 2011, Hefner was named executive chairman of Canyon Ranch Enterprises, a resort company that operates six premier spa destinations and an online website providing health and wellness advice.[10]

As of 2015, Hefner was chairman of the board of Hatchbeauty Brands.[11][12] Hefner also serves on the advisory boards of the R.D. Offutt company, an international, multi-billion dollar family-owned agricultural conglomerate, and Edge Beauty, the world's leading direct-to-consumer company in creating, designing, manufacturing and marketing unique, culturally relevant niche fragrance brands.

Philanthropy

Hefner created the

AIDS.[13]

Personal life

Hefner married former

out of court for $168,352.[14]

She lives in Chicago and has one brother, David, a computer systems analyst. She also has two half-brothers, Cooper and Marston, from her father's marriage to Kimberley Conrad.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Executive profile: Christie Hefner, executive chairman, Canyon Ranch Enterprises". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "Cristie Hefner, Daughter of the Revolution". Washington Post. December 4, 1983.
  3. ^ "Christie Hefner". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ^ Adult.com
  5. ^ Adult Video News Article Archived October 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Ali, Rafat (October 15, 2008). "Playboy Enterprises Does Restructuring; Shutting DVD Division For Online Focus; 80 Layoffs". CBS News. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  7. ^ Spain, William (December 8, 2008). "Christie Hefner to depart Playboy". MarketWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  8. ^ Hefner's daughter Christie walks away from Playboy Enterprises
  9. ^ Luscombe, Belinda (January 24, 2009). "Playboy Shows Signs of Withdrawal". Time. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
  10. ^ "Ex-Playboy CEO Hefner joins Tucson-based Canyon Ranch". Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  11. ^ "Fuel Keynote and Expo - "What's on the Minds of the C-Suite"" (Press release). September 26, 2014.
  12. ^ Johnson, Mary (July 2, 2015). "With Hugh Hefner's daughter at the helm, Playboy was able to do what most tech companies can't (Video)". bizwomen. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  13. ^ "goodmagazine.com profile". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
  14. ^ Yue, Lorene (August 3, 2011). "Marovitz career spans politics, real estate, restaurants, even baseball". Crain's Chicago Business.

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External links
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