Christie Hefner oversees policy, management and strategy in all areas of Playboy Enterprises. She joined Playboy in 1975 and worked in a variety of the Company's businesses before being named president in 1982. In 1988, she was elected to her present position of Chairman and CEO with the New York Stock Exchange-listed international media and entertainment company. During her tenure, Hefner has restructured operations and initiated the Company's highly successful electronic and international expansion. Through licensees, the Company offers a wide range of Playboy-branded apparel and lifestyle products in more than 100 countries. She also extended Playboy's influence worldwide by forming alliances with international partners that now produce and distribute 18 foreign editions of Playboy magazine, from Taiwan to Russia. Under Hefner's direction, the Company has significantly expanded its television business from the launch of its branded channel in 1982, which made Playboy the first magazine brand to be successfully leveraged into television. Today, the Company's channels are available in approximately 130 million U.S. cable and DTH household units and its programming reaches more than 70 countries throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. Continuing the Company's electronic expansion, Hefner in 1994 led the Company onto the Internet when Playboy became the first national magazine on the World Wide Web. Playboy.com--which is made up of original content as well as repurposed content from the magazine and television - is a multiple revenue business with subscription sites, e-commerce, advertising and online gaming. It has since grown into one of the most popular online destinations for men and is the Company's fastest-growing profit center. Besides directing Playboy Enterprises' operations, Hefner is active in a number of local and national organizations. As the first woman to receive the Executive Leadership Award from the National Society of Fundraising Executives, Hefner has been honored with a Humanitarian Award from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Spirit of Life Award from the City of Hope and the Corporate Leadership Award from the AIDS Pastoral Care Network. She also has been recognized by the International Platform Association, an organization involved in the promotion of ideas and opinions through public forums, which presented her with the 1990 Eleanor Roosevelt Award, for her commitment to human rights and civil liberties in the tradition of the former first lady and longtime IPA member. She was inducted into the Women's Business Development Center Hall of Fame in 1991. In 2002, she received the Committee of 200"s Philanthropic Innovator Luminary Award and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership, the cable industry's highest honor. In 2003, she received the University of Illinois at Chicago's Family Business Council's Leadership Award. Titles The 24-Carrot Manager The Integrity Advantage The Carrot Principle The Levity Effect Carrots for Kids Topics Celebrity, Women, Business Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $15,000 or more Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State IL Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.