Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles.
Hefner in 2010
Hefner with his trademark Playboy Pipe in 1966
Hefner at the premiere of Sylvester Stallone's movie F.I.S.T., 1978
Hefner with his partners Holly Madison (left) and Bridget Marquardt, 2007
Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
The editorial board of Playboy in 1970. Back, left to right: Robie Macauley, Nat Lehrman, Richard M. Koff, Murray Fisher, Arthur Kretchmer; front: Sheldon Wax, Auguste Comte Spectorsky, Jack Kessie.
A Playboy cigarette lighter with the rabbit logo
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kylie Bax wearing a Playboy shirt, with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Melania Trump (2000)
Gloria Steinem 1977, photographed in her home, years after writing her Playboy Expose.