Tory Burch
Tory Burch was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States on June 17th, 1966 and is the Fashion Designer. At the age of 57, Tory Burch 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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Tory Burch (née Robinson; born June 17, 1966) is an American fashion designer, businesswoman and philanthropist.
She is the Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of her own brand, Tory Burch LLC.
She was listed as the 73rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2015.
Early life and education
Burch was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Reva (née Schapira) and Ira Earl "Bud" Robinson (1923–2007). She was raised with her three brothers in a 250-year-old Georgian farmhouse near Valley Forge National Historical Park.
Her father was a wealthy investor who inherited a stock exchange seat and a paper cup company. Burch is Jewish on her mother's side.
Burch attended the Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, where she was a friend of jewelry designer Kara Ross. Her first job was at Benetton in the King of Prussia mall. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in art history, and graduated in 1988. Burch is a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Personal life
In 1993 she married William Macklowe, son of real-estate tycoon Harry B. Macklowe, and was divorced within a year. In 1996 she married J. Christopher Burch, an investor in Internet Capital Group, a venture capital firm founded by Walter Buckley and Ken Fox. They have three sons: Henry, Nicholas "Nick", Sawyer. She also has three stepdaughters from his previous marriage. They divorced in 2006. She continues to use his last name, and for some time continued to live with her children in their New York City apartment.
She dated Lance Armstrong in 2007. Afterward she was for some time linked to Lyor Cohen. In November 2018, Burch married Pierre-Yves Roussel, the former chairman and CEO of LVMH. He became CEO of Burch's company in early 2019 and Burch became Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. The couple had been dating since 2014 and became engaged in 2016.
Forbes magazine estimated that she was a billionaire with a net worth of $1.0 billion in 2013. She is worth approximately $850 million as of 2019.
Career
Tory went to New York City, where she worked with Zoran, a Yugoslavian designer, and Harper's Bazaar magazine followed her. When Narciso Rodriguez was active, she moved to public relations and advertising at Vera Wang, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Loewe.
Burch's fashion brand, "TRB by Tory Burch," later known as Tory Burch, was introduced in February 2004 in Manhattan's Nolita district.
It has grown to more than 300 stores around the world in 2020; the clothing line is also available in over 3,000 department and specialty stores around the world.
Burch also launched Tory Sport, a separate performance activewear collection.
Burch received the Rising Star Award for Best New Retail Concept from the Fashion Group International in 2005. At the Accessories Council Excellence Awards in 2007, she received the Accessory Brand Launch of the Year award. Burch received the coveted Accessories Designer of the Year award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2008. On their list of the 50 Most Influential Moms of 2015, Working Mother included her. Sandra Taub Humanitarian Award from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 2015.
Burch has consistently been listed on Forbes' list of The World's Most Influential Women. Forbes named her as the 88th most influential woman in the world in 2020. Burch was named Glamour Woman of the Year in November 2019. In November 2020, she was featured in a Forbes magazine cover story about how her fashion company fought the COVID-19 pandemic. She was the inaugural member of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C., in 2021. The Wharton School's Jay H. Baker Retailing Center and Retail Leaders Circle named her with its inaugural Retail Excellence Award in 2022 in honor of her career leadership and advocacy of women entrepreneurs. In 2022, she received the Parsons Table Award from the Parsons School of Design; "recognizes individuals who have made a major contribution to the design industry and have inspired our students."