William A. Marovitz (born September 29, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician who was involved in real estate in Chicago and was married to

Christie Hefner Christie Ann Hefner (born November 8, 1952) is an American businesswoman. She was chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises from 1988 to 2009, and is the daughter of ''Playboy'' magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Early life Hefner was born in Chicago, ...

from 1995 to 2013.

Career

Marovitz is the son of Sydney Marovitz, the former longtime member of the Chicago Park District Board, and the nephew of the late federal judge

Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (August 10, 1905 – March 17, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Early life and career Born on August 10, 1905, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to ...

, an attorney who served in the Illinois General Assembly for 19 years and started work as a real estate developer.

Business, political and civic career

Marovitz is a member of the

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, the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau,

DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...

, the Gene Siskel Film Center, and the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. He was president of the Marovitz Group. Marovitz was a Democratic state representative and state senator in Illinois and is a committeeman in the state Democratic Party's Central Committee. Marovitz served as a member of the

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from July 1, 2002, to November 30, 2003. Marovitz was sued by the

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for allegedly using

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to trade illegally in

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of Playboy. In 2011, he settled

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for $168,352.Yue, Lorene (August 3, 2011)
"Marovitz career spans politics, real estate, restaurants, even baseball"
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''. In In

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, and

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, Marovitz was a

presidential elector The United States Electoral College is the group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of appointing the president and vice president. Each state and the District of Columbia appo ...

from Illinois.

Election results

Marovitz won nine elections and was a member of the Illinois State Senate and the

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Personal life

In 1995, Marovitz married

, who was CEO of

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Enterprises until January 2009. They had no children and split up in 2012.

References

External links

chicagobusiness.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marovitz, William A. Living people American real estate brokers DePaul University people Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Democratic Party Illinois state senators 2000 United States presidential electors 2008 United States presidential electors Place of birth missing (living people) Businesspeople from Illinois 1944 births 2016 United States presidential electors