Playboy
PLAYBOY *A GRADED ARTICLE Founder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Magazine Hugh Marston Hefner . Playboy founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953 , has been a men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine , which has profoundly influenced society for the last 62 years Since it's first issue in 1953 , it remains the world's best selling men's lifestyle magazine and also the most recognizable brand in the history. Before starting his work on the playboy magazine Hefner was a copy writer at Esquire at $60 a week. When Esquire moved it's office to New York Hefner request for a five-dollar raise was denied and he it's then he decided to stay behind and start a magazine of his own. Hefner raised $8,000 from friends and family to invest in his venture, including $1,000 from his ...