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| Born | Lauren Pierce Bush[1] (1984-06-25)June 25, 1984 (age 41) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Spouse | [2] |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Neil Bush Sharon Bush |
| Family | Bush |
Lauren Bush Lauren (bornLauren Pierce Bush, June 25, 1984) is an American businesswoman who is the CEO and co-founder ofFEED Projects. She is also known for her previous career as afashion model anddesigner.[1] She is the daughter ofNeil Bush andSharon Bush (née Smith), granddaughter of former U.S. presidentGeorge H. W. Bush, and niece ofGeorge W. Bush andJeb Bush.
Bush was born on June 25, 1984,[3] inColorado and raised inHouston,Texas.[4] She attended high school atThe Kinkaid School in Houston, as did her sister Ashley and brother Pierce. In her senior year at Kinkaid, she interned for theNBC television showFriends.[5] She was adebutante, making her formal debut in aDior haute couture gown atle Bal des débutantes in Paris in 2000.[6]
Bush studiedfashion design at BEBE andCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design and graduated fromPrinceton University in 2006 with aB.A. inanthropology and acertificate inphotography.[7] She was a member ofThe Ivy Club, one of Princeton's eleveneating clubs.
Bush was signed withElite Model Management before launching FEED. She has been featured on the covers ofVogue andVanity Fair and has frequently modelled forTommy Hilfiger, as well as forAbercrombie & Fitch and designersGai Mattiolo andIsaac Mizrahi. Bush was an intern on the televisionsitcomFriends, making acameo in one episode, and interned alongsideAshley Olsen with designerZac Posen.[8] In 2005, Bush traveled toChad as a Student Ambassador for theWorld Food Program.[9][10]
In 2007, Lauren launchedFEED Projects, a social business to fight world hunger on behalf of theUN World Food Programme.[11]
Bush relaunched her fashion label on September 11, 2008, under the name "Lauren Pierce". About her decision to use her middle name, Pierce, as opposed to her last name for the title of her line, Bush stated in November 2008 that it "wasn't a conscious decision." Further pressed, Bush said, "Obviously my last name is associated with politics. But Pierce is my grandmother's maiden name and my younger brother's name. It's not about downplaying my last name as much as it is about loving Pierce. And my brother is very flattered."[12] Former President George H. W. Bush andBarbara Bush were in the front row at the Lauren Pierce Spring 2011 show during the inaugural Houston Fashion Week, in October 2010.[13]
FEED Projects has donated over 100 million meals as of October 2017[14] through the sale of products and fundraising activations. In 2014, Lauren led FEED in launching FEED Supper,[15] a 30-day fundraising activation, which asks people to host dinner parties where guests donate to hunger alleviation. In 2015, she signed an open letter for which theONE Campaign had been collecting signatures; the letter was addressed toAngela Merkel andNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the heads of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa, respectively, which would start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 to establish new development goals for the generation.[16]
In 2012, Lauren was announced as the first National Lady Godiva Honoree of theLady Godiva Program.[17] In 2013, she became the 2013 Advocacy Award recipient from the World of Children Awards, in celebration of the significant work she and her organization, FEED Projects, have done for hungry children worldwide.[18]
For her work with FEED, she was named one ofFortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2009 and one ofInc.’s 30 Under 30 in 2010. She has also received the 2010 Accessories Council Humanitarian Award, the 2011 Stevie Award for Best Non-Profit Executive, the 2011 Fashion Group International Humanitarian Award and the 2013 Women in Communications Award (WiCi). In 2014, Lauren was named as one ofForbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs and one of Crain's 40 Under 40.[citation needed]
Bush has been avegetarian since she was four years old.[19][20][21]
In 2004, Bush began datingDavid Lauren, son of fashion designerRalph Lauren. On September 4, 2011, the pair married in Colorado.[22][23] Their first son, James Richard Lauren, was born on November 21, 2015.[24] Their second son, Max Walker Lauren, was born on April 19, 2018, two days after Barbara Bush died.[25][26] Their third son, Robert Rocky Lauren, was born on April 10, 2021.[27]
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