A biography for Dylan Laurenhasn’t been written yet.
“If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Otherwise, the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson were so much a part of my childhood, and Janet and I have become friends. So my second dream job would be backup singer for Janet Jackson!”
“My favorite place in the world is my dad's house in Montauk.”
“We served Twinkies and Sno Balls at our wedding. We put them on silver trays so they looked elegant - but they were the real deal!”
“We chose to use a surrogate as the way we wanted to start our family, particularly as I was traveling across the globe on a stressful schedule to get stores open.”
“I definitely eat candy in bed. I eat candy wherever I am.”
“I've always been inspired by retail entertainment, whether Ralph Lauren or the Disney Store or Niketown.”
“Everything I own has some significance to me.”
“Anytime you can promote young artists and designers is a cool thing.”
“I am a picky eater. By that I mean, I love to pick the raisins out of oatmeal raisin cookies, the chips out of chocolate chip cookies, the white side off of black and white cookies, and the vanilla center out of Oreos.”
“Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.”
“I love all the gift guides that the magazines put out, whether it's 'InStyle' doing Mother's Day gifts or color guides, or the 'O' magazine Christmas guide.”
“I can definitely eat more of some candy than I should, so I have found that if I have coffee or a chai latte, it curbs the sugar craving.”
“People get emails from me at 3 in the morning.”
“My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living in a candy land with chocolate rivers and lollipop trees.”
“My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'”
“I collect candy packaging from around the world and believe it has the value of Pop Art.”
“I try to stay hydrated!”
“I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.”
“I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.”
“I received most of my business education around the dinner table. Whether I listened to my father or brothers, or we had business people as dinner guests, I learned from everyone.”