“I looked back on the roaring Twenties - with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby,' and the pre-Code films - as a party I had somehow managed to miss. After World War Two, I expected something similar, a return to the period after the first war, but when the skirt lengths went down instead of up, I knew we were in big trouble.”

American magazine publisher and businessman

Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher and businessman. He founded Playboy and served as its editor-in-chief, building a media brand that became closely associated with sexual imagery, journalism, fiction, and high-profile interviews. He expanded Playboy into a network of clubs and made himself a public figure through his lifestyle, which drew attention for its parties and the company he kept at his homes. His name remained tied to a media empire that mixed entertainment, celebrity access, and controversy.