Christie Hefner

Entrepreneur

Christie Hefner was born in Wilmette, Illinois, United States on November 8th, 1952 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 71, Christie Hefner biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Christie Ann Hefner
Date of Birth
November 8, 1952
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Wilmette, Illinois, United States
Age
71 years old
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
Networth
$20 Million
Profession
Businessperson, Socialite
Christie Hefner Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 71 years old, Christie Hefner has this physical status:

Height
Not Available
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Slim
Measurements
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Christie Hefner Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Brandeis University
Christie Hefner Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
William A. Marovitz, ​ ​(m. 1995; div. 2013)​
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Hugh Hefner, Mildred Williams
Siblings
Cooper Hefner (half-brother)
Christie Hefner Career

After college, she free-lanced 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 Playboy Enterprises, and was made chairman of the board and CEO in 1988. She was the longest serving female CEO of a publicly traded company. She extended its magazine franchise overseas, to 25 localized foreign editions and also developed the company's profitable pay television business — the first time a magazine successfully leveraged its brand into a television network. The company also acquired adult-oriented businesses such as Spice Network and ClubJenna. Continuing the company's electronic expansion, in 1994 Christie 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.

On December 8, 2008, she announced her plans to step down as CEO of Playboy. Hefner said that the election of Barack Obama as the next 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. She stepped down from her position at Playboy on January 30, 2009.

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.

As of 2015, Hefner was chairman of the board of Hatchbeauty Brands and served on the board of the D.C. based Center for American Progress Action Fund, a progressive public policy think tank. Christie 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.

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