Lynda Resnick
| Lynda Resnick | |
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Resnick in 2017
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| Born |
Lynda Rae Harris 1944 (age 72–73) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Residence | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur/Businesswoman, Writer/Columnist |
| Net worth | US$ 2.0 billion (March 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Hershel Sinay Stewart Resnick (1973–present) |
| Children |
with Sinay: --Jason Sinay --Jonathan Sinay step-children: --Jeff Resnick --Ilene Resnick --Bill Resnick |
| Website | www.pom-edu.com |
Lynda Rae Resnick (born 1944) is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. Resnick is married to Stewart Resnick, who is also her business partner. Through the holding company The Wonderful Company, they own the POM Wonderful and FIJI Water brands, the Teleflora floral wire service company, Wonderful Citrus, Wonderful Orchards and Wonderful Pistachios, and other businesses.
Resnick was born Lynda Rae Harris in 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father, Jack Harris, worked as a film distributor during the 1950s. He made one movie, The Blob, which later became a cult favorite. Her mother, Muriel (née Goodman), was an interior designer. Because of her father's occupation, Resnick, at the age of four, had a recurring role on The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour broadcast from WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. Resnick graduated from Harriton High School. After a brief stint at a local college, Resnick took a job at the in-house ad agency for Sunset House catalog. Resnick founded an advertising agency, Lynda Limited, at the age of 19.
Resnick, then Lynda Sinay, began doing occasional work for the antiwar movement during the Vietnam war era. Her friend, Daniel Ellsberg, asked to use her copy machine on nights and weekends in order to distribute top-secret military documents. Ellsberg gave these documents to The New York Times, which then published them. Dubbed the Pentagon Papers, they detailed aspects of the war hidden from the public and damaged the credibility of the Presidents involved. Resnick was designated an un-indicted co-conspirator for her role and pursued by prosecutors for two years. Legal actions were eventually dropped.
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