Christie Hefner Out As Playboy Enterprises CEO
Folio: just received word that Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner — daughter of the company’s legendary founder, Hugh — will step down on January 31, 2009. Jerome Kern, who serves on the company’s board of directors, will fill Hefner’s spot until a replacement can be found.
Hefner, a noted supporter of President-elect Barack Obama, alluded to the next president in her resignation announcement. “Just as this country is embracing change in the form of new leadership, I have decided that now is the time to make changes in my own life as well,” she said.
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