Hugh Marston “Hef” Hefner (born April 9, 1926) is an American magazine publisher, founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises. Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of two sons born to Grace Caroline (née Swanson; 1895-1997) and Glenn Lucius Hefner (1896-1976), both teachers. Hefner’s mother was of Swedish descent and his father had German and English ancestry. On his father’s side, Hefner claims he is a direct descendant of Plymouth governor William Bradford.
He has described his family as “conservative, Midwest, Methodist.” He went to Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High School, then served as a writer for a military newspaper in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He later graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a B.A. in psychology with a double minor in creative writing and art in 1949, earning his degree in two and a half years. After graduation, he took a semester of graduate courses in sociology at Northwestern University but dropped out soon after.
Amazing Truth Gone Real
Hugh Hefner admits to the New York Times magazine that he didn’t lose his virginity until he was 22 years old.
The Playboy founder, 84, was disturbed after his next two wives cheated on him, and he felt older and "not well" while wed to Kimberly Conrad.
"During the marriage I was faithful," he said, "and she was not."
The result was "overcompensation," as he began dating multiple women, including twins named Sandy and Mandy.
"You can't make this stuff up," he said, adding that he was living with seven women in the '80s, and trying to enforce a 9 p.m. curfew to keep them from dating anyone else.
But now he says he's ready to settle down with his fiancee Crystal Harris, 24.
"This is it," he said. "This is a very, very special one. I expect to spend the rest of my life with her."
He has described his family as “conservative, Midwest, Methodist.” He went to Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High School, then served as a writer for a military newspaper in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He later graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a B.A. in psychology with a double minor in creative writing and art in 1949, earning his degree in two and a half years. After graduation, he took a semester of graduate courses in sociology at Northwestern University but dropped out soon after.
Amazing Truth Gone Real
Hugh Hefner admits to the New York Times magazine that he didn’t lose his virginity until he was 22 years old.
The Playboy founder, 84, was disturbed after his next two wives cheated on him, and he felt older and "not well" while wed to Kimberly Conrad.
"During the marriage I was faithful," he said, "and she was not."
The result was "overcompensation," as he began dating multiple women, including twins named Sandy and Mandy.
"You can't make this stuff up," he said, adding that he was living with seven women in the '80s, and trying to enforce a 9 p.m. curfew to keep them from dating anyone else.
But now he says he's ready to settle down with his fiancee Crystal Harris, 24.
"This is it," he said. "This is a very, very special one. I expect to spend the rest of my life with her."