Hefner, Hugh

Hugh Hefner
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Hugh Hefner

Name	Hefner, Hugh Gender: M
Birthname	Hefner, Hugh Marston
born on	9 April 1926 at 16:20 (= 4:20 PM )
Place	Chicago IL, USA, 41n52, 87w39
Timezone	CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data	19°18' 13°37 Asc. 25°53'

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Biography

An American entrepreneur, Hefner is a publisher, film producer, music publisher, book publisher and owner of a record company, theaters, model agency, gambling casinos, limo service and bunny paraphernalia. He started Playboy magazine in 1953 with $600 borrowed against his wedding furniture. In 1960 he started the first Playboy Club in Chicago, and by age 40 he was worth well over $100 million. In 1972 he started Oui, a magazine that runs a bit more raunchy layouts, to compete with Hustler. Hefner has two mansions, each with its own hostess, Karen Christie in Chicago (from 1971), and Barbi Benton in Playboy West, Los Angeles (from 1968). He was once quoted as saying that he'd made love to more than a thousand women.

"Hef" says that most of what he does is related to his childhood. He was raised in a typical Midwestern American Methodist Puritan home where there was no outward show of love or emotion, not so much as a kiss on the cheek. He did feel that he was loved, but there was simply no demonstration. His mom later invested $1,000 in Playboy, not because she believed in what the magazine meant but because she believed in her son, and his dad later came to work for him. His folks taught him tolerance, idealism, honest and lack of bigotry, but he wrote, "I don't think that they ever fully appreciated the positive impact that Playboy and my life have made on society." He married his first wife, Mildred, in June 1949 and had two kids with her; the marriage ended in divorce.

Hef reinvented himself in 1960 when he became Mr. Playboy and started living the life espoused by his magazine. He entered show business, bought the first Playboy mansion in Chicago and opened the first Playboy Club, all within six months. "I became the person I wanted to be. I started wearing the smoking jacket and using the pipe as a prop. I was driving around in a Mercedes-Benz." Hef had a setback when he suffered a stroke on February 7, 1985 at 2:00 AM that put him to bed for a whole two weeks. However he let up on business, turning the company reigns over to Christie. He met his second wife, Kimberly Conrad, in May 1987 and they married on July 1, 1989, eventually having two sons. In 1998 he and Kimberly separated amicably when he moved her into a house next door. He resumed his social life, entertaining as usual at home wearing silk pajamas (custom-made at $250 a pair), but also hitting the party circuit with Mandy, Brande and Sandy. At 77, he touts the benefit of Viagra and has given a nod to cosmetic surgery with "a little tuck on his neck in late 1998." He still has the winning recipe for a great party: Hollywood celebrities, his own chef and staff and his firm belief in a three-women-for-every-man ratio. He is quoted as saying, "My life is an open book. With illustrations."

At the Christmas holidays in 2010, Hefner became engaged to marry 24-year-old Crystal Harris. The wedding was scheduled for June 18, 2011 but a few days before, Harris cancelled, saying she was having second thoughts.

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Relationships

• child relationship with Hefner, David (born 30 August 1955)

• child relationship with Hefner, Cooper (born 4 September 1991)

• child relationship with Hefner, Christie (born 8 November 1952)

• child relationship with Hefner, Marston Glenn (born 9 April 1990)

• spouse relationship with Hefner, Kimberly (born 6 August 1962)

Events

• Relationship : Marriage June 1949 (Mildred)

• Relationship : Meet a significant person May 1987 (Future wife, Kimberly)

• Relationship : Marriage 1 July 1989 (Kimberly)

• Family : Change in family responsibilities 9 April 1990 (Son Marston born)

• Family : Change in family responsibilities 8 November 1952 (Daughter Christie born)

• Family : Change in family responsibilities 4 September 1991 (Son Cooper born)

• Family : Change in family responsibilities 30 August 1955 (Son David born)

• Work : Start Business 1953 (Started Playboy magazine)

• Work : Start Business 1960 (Started first Playboy Club in Chicago)

• Work : Start Business 1972 (Started Oui magazine)

• Social : Change of Lifestyle 1960 (Became the swinging Mr. Playboy himself)

• Relationship : End significant relationship 1989 (Moved wife and kids next door)

• Relationship : Divorce dates 1959 (From Millie)

• Relationship : Begin significant relationship December 2010 (Engagement to Crystal Harris)

• Relationship : End significant relationship June 2011 (Harris ended engagement and plans to marry)

Source Notes

B.C. in hand from the Wilsons

Biography: Gretchen Edgren, "Inside the Playboy Mansion" 1999

Categories

• Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur

• Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Publisher of Playboy Magazine)

• Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity (Quoted as saying he has had sex with 1000+ women)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy (Worth over $100 million)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches

• Vocation : Business : Top executive (Owner of Playboy Magazine/Clubs)

• Passions : Sexuality : Voyeur (Reported to have closed circuit tv in mansion)

• Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs (Second wife 36 years younger)

• Vocation : Business : Business owner (Record company, theaters, model agency, casinos...)

• Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)

• Family : Childhood : Memories Good (Solid, loving home but undemonstrative)

• Family : Parenting : Parenting late more than 40 (Two sons in his 60's)