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|name = Hugh Hefner
|image = Hugh Hefner 2007.jpg
|image_size = 225px
|caption = Hefner in 2007.
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1926|4|9}}
|birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
|occupation = [[Chief Creative Officer]] of [[Playboy Enterprises]], [[editing|Editor-in-chief]] of <br/> ''[[Playboy]]'' [[magazine]]
|website = [http://www.playboyenterprises.com/ www.playboyenterprises.com]
|spouse = Mildred Williams (1949–1959) <br/> [[Kimberley Conrad]] (1989-separated in 1999)
|children = [[Christie Hefner]] (b.1952) <br/> David Hefner (b.1955) <br/> Marston Hefner (b.1990) <br/> Cooper Hefner (b.1991)
}}
'''Hugh Marston Hefner''' (born April 9, 1926) is an American [[magazine]] [[publisher]], and best known as the [[editing|editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, and founder and [[Chief Creative Officer]] of [[Playboy Enterprises]].<ref>[http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_officers&ArtTypeID=CorpOfficers&MmenuFlag=profile&SmenuFlag=sub_corp_profile_officers_o Playboy Enterprisese Inc. Corporate Officers]</ref>


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==Early life==
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Hefner was born in [[Chicago]], the son of Grace Caroline ([[married and maiden names|née]] Swanson) and Glenn Lucius Hefner. He went to Sayre Elementary School and [[Steinmetz High School]], in [[Chicago]], then served in the [[U.S. Army]] during the closing months of [[World War II]].

Hefner graduated from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] in 1949 with a major in psychology and a double minor in creative writing and art. He explains that some of the ideas for the Playboy magazine came to him while he was a student there. Despite spending less than three years in college before graduating, Hefner found time to edit the magazine ''Shaft'' and sold [[cartoon]]s to magazines. His first salaried job was with a firm that produced and printed cardboard cartons.
In 1949, Hefner also completed his time at [[Northwestern University]], where he wrote a term paper examining U.S. sex laws in light of the newly published [[Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction|Kinsey Institute]] research on male human sexuality.<ref name='PlayboyTimeline'>[http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/hmh/timeline/pre50s-content.html Playboy Time Line.]</ref>

After serving in the subscription department and as a [[copywriter]] for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', he left in January 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. He worked at ''Children's Activities,'' then took his biggest gamble in 1953 by lending his furniture for $600 and raising $8,000 from 45 investors -- including $1,000 from his mother ("Not because she believed in the venture," he told [[E!]] in 2006, "but because she believed in her son") -- to launch ''Playboy.'' The undated first issue was published in December, 1953 and featured [[Marilyn Monroe]] on the cover, as well as in nude photographs inside. In a possible homage to this fact, Hefner owns the crypt in the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood, California]], beside that of Monroe.<ref>
[http://www.seeing-stars.com/Buried2/PierceBros5.shtml Westwood Village Memorial Cemetery]</ref>

==Private life==
Hefner married fellow [[Northwestern]] student Mildred Williams<ref name='PlayboyTimeline'/> on June 25, 1949, and had two children, [[Christie Hefner|Christie]] (b. November 8, 1952) and David Paul (b. August 30, 1955). Christie is [[Chairman]] of [[Playboy Enterprises]]. Before their wedding, Mildred told Hefner that she had had an affair; he has called the admission "the most devastating moment of [his] life." A 2006 ''[[E! True Hollywood Story|E! THS]]'' profile of Hefner revealed she allowed him to have sex with other women, out of guilt for her infidelity and the hopes that it would preserve their failing marriage. Mildred and Hugh divorced after ten years of marriage in 1959.

After his first marriage, Hefner's self-promoted public persona became that of [[womanizer]] and party animal. He has said that during some years, he was "'involved' with maybe eleven out of twelve months worth of Playmates."<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/critics/content/articles/060320crbo_books Acocella, Joan. "The Girls Next Door." ''New Yorker'', March 20, 2006.]</ref>
Hefner has had sustained relationships with [[Donna Michelle]], [[Marilyn Cole]], [[Lillian Müller]], [[Patti McGuire]], [[Shannon Tweed]], and [[Brande Roderick]], all of whom were chosen "[[Playmate of the Year]]." Others include [[Barbi Benton]], [[Karen Christy]], ex-Sunday school teacher [[Sondra Theodore]], and actress [[Carrie Leigh]], who filed a $35 million [[alimony]] suit against him. Benton, who dated him for 8 years, remains a fixture in Hefner's life and a regular visitor to the [[Playboy Mansion]], which she found for him. In 1971, Hefner has acknowledged, he experimented in bisexuality.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5020806.stm "Faces of the Week." BBC News. May 26, 2006.]</ref>

In 1989, he ended a 30-year run as a [[bachelor]] and married [[Kimberley Conrad]], that year's [[Playboy Playmate of the Year]]. They separated in 1999, though have yet to [[divorce]].

After his separation from Conrad, Hefner began living with an ever-changing coterie of women, ranging in age from 18 to 28. He told ''[[Vanity Fair magazine|Vanity Fair]]'': "And here's the surprise bit—it's what ''they'' want!" Soon, Hefner assembled another coterie of girlfriends, notably [[Brande Roderick]]. In 2000 she left to take a role in popular series ''[[Baywatch]]''. Later, [[Tina Marie Jordan]] became Hefner's "primary" girlfriend, and he quickly selected more young blondes for a changing posse of usually seven, one of whom was [[Holly Madison]] who joined in 2001. Shortly after [[Playboy]]'s 50th anniversary, five of the girlfriends, including [[Izabella St. James]], left, leaving Holly and [[Bridget Marquardt]] to tend to Hefner.

In 2004 [[Kendra Wilkinson]] (also blonde, aged 18) was asked to move into the Mansion to become girlfriend number 3. The 2005-Present E! [[reality television]] series ''[[The Girls Next Door]]'' follows these three girlfriends, [[Holly Madison]], [[Bridget Marquardt]] and [[Kendra Wilkinson]] in their life with Hef around the Mansion and on travel.

An [[urban legend]] persists about Hefner and the [[Playmate of the Month]] related to markings on the front covers of the magazine. From 1955 to 1979 (except for a six month gap in 1976), the "P" in ''Playboy'' had a number of stars printed in or around the letter. The legend claims that this was either a rating that Hefner gave to the Playmate according to how attractive she was, the number of times that Hefner had slept with her, or how good she was in bed. Another rumor was that if the stars were inside the "P", Hefner had slept with the Playmate, while if they were outside, he didn't sleep with her.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}

Hefner has donated millions of dollars to the [[University of Southern California]]'s [[School of Cinematic Arts]]. In 1992, he gave USD $100,000 to create a course, Censorship in Cinema; in 1995 he donated $1.5 million to endow the Hugh M. Hefner Chair for the Study of American Film; and in 2007 he donated $2 million for a central exhibition space in the school's new headquarters complex.<ref name=AP111607>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iF4fMFSrRMvJfzXniugOlAw1MvugD8SUB2PG0 Hefner Gives $2M to USC Film School], Associated Press, November 16, 2007.</ref>

Hefner has 4 children: [[Christie Hefner]] (born November 8, 1952) and [[David Hefner]] (born August 30, 1955) with [[Mildred Williams]], and [[Marston Hefner]] (born April 9, 1990) and [[Cooper Hefner]] (born September 4, 1991) with [[Kimberley Conrad]].

==Politics==
Hefner has always espoused a shared [[Liberalism|liberal]]/[[libertarian]] stance in his editorials and in his life. On June 4, 1963, Hefner was arrested for selling obscene literature after an issue of ''Playboy'' featuring nude shots of actress [[Jayne Mansfield]] was released. Six months later, a jury was unable to reach a verdict.

His former secretary, [[Bobbie Arnstein]], was found dead in a [[Chicago]] hotel room at the age of 34 after an overdose of drugs in January 1975. Hefner called a press conference to allege that she had been driven to suicide by narcotics agents and federal officers. Hefner, whose mansions in Chicago and [[Beverly Hills]] had come under the scrutiny of federal agents because of alleged drugs parties, claimed the Government was out to get him because of ''[[Playboy]]'s'' philosophy and its advocacy of more liberal drug laws. Incidentally, Hefner insists to this day that no illegal drugs are allowed on the grounds of any of his mansions, and has stated that anyone found to have brought illegal drugs onto the grounds, or used them while on the grounds, is subjected to immediate and permanent expulsion from the Playboy Mansions.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005005/bio IMDB January 3, 2008.]</ref>
The [[Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award|Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards]] were created by daughter [[Christie Hefner|Christie]] in 1979 "to honor individuals who have made significant contributions in the vital effort to protect and enhance First Amendment rights for Americans."

Hefner and his family have donated and raised great amounts of money for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>[http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/11/sanchez/index.html Tapper, Jake. "Hef in a Huff." Salon.com, August 11, 2000.]</ref>

==Health==
Hefner suffered a mild [[stroke]] in 1985.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E4D81738F936A15750C0A963948260 Hefner Reported Well After a Mild Stroke - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Hefner in pop culture==
* Has a subspecies of [[Cottontail rabbit]] named in his honor (''Sylvilagus palustris hefneri'').<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005005/bio]</ref>
* He is the sponsor for the letter 'Y' in the famous [[Hollywood Sign]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]].<ref>[http://www.viamagazine.com/weekenders/hollywood_sign06.asp]</ref> In 1978 he also threw a 'Playboy Party' at the mansion in order to raise money for the renovation of the sign.
* He has made numerous cameo appearances in film, including ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]'' and [[Mel Brooks]]'s film ''[[History of the World, Part I]]''. He has also made guest appearances on the television series ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]],'' ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[According to Jim]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'', ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He also appeared in the [[Weezer]] music video "[[Beverly Hills (song)|Beverly Hills]]," which was filmed at the Playboy Mansion.
*Hefner makes regular appearances on his girlfriends' reality TV show ''[[The Girls Next Door]]'', which is filmed at the [[Playboy Mansion]].
*In the movie [[Iron Man]], [[Tony Stark]] passes an elderly man surrounded by beautiful women, calling him Hugh (When it is actually creator [[Stan Lee]]).
*He was spoofed by [[Don Knotts]] in the 1969 film "The Love God?"
*In 2008 he appeared prominently in the film [[The House Bunny]], the main premise of which involved a long-time mansion resident bunny being falsely ejected from the mansion to become a sorority house mother for a group of misfit sorority girls.
*In 2005, he appeared on the sitcom ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', in the episode "The Smoking Jacket".<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0551420/]</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Watts, Steven (2008). ''Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream''. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-69059-7.
*[[Russell Miller|Miller, Russell]] (1985). ''Bunny: The Real Story of Playboy''. London: Corgi. ISBN 0-03-063748-1.

==External links==
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*[http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_template&packet=00061D22-C172-1C7A-9B578304E50A011A&MmenuFlag=profile Profile of Hefner] from [[Playboy Enterprises]] corporate site
*{{imdb name|id=0005005|name=Hugh M. Hefner}}
*[http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/hughhefner.htm Hugh Hefner: The Ultimate Lifestyle Entrepreneur] ([[About.com]] Entrepreneurs
* "[http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/12/28/hefner/index.html Brilliant Careers: Hugh Hefner]" ([[Salon.com]], December 28, 1999)
*[http://www.wwe.com/inside/superstartosuperstar/exclusives/s2sashleyhefner World Wrestling Entertainment interviews Hugh Hefner (March 14, 2007)]

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