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Jenny Craig

Infobox Person
name = Jenny Craig
birth_date = Genevieve Guidroz
birth date and age|1932|08|07
birth_place = Berwick, Louisiana
Known_for = Jenny Craig, Inc.
spouse = sidney Harvey Craig
occupation = business executive
website = [http://jennycraig.com jennycraig.com]

Jenny Craig (born Genevieve Guidroz in 1932 in Berwick, Louisiana) is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia. They created Jenny Craig, Inc. and began offering the program in the United States in 1985. The company became a part of Nestlé in 2006.

Philanthropy

Jenny Craig is involved in a number of philanthropic causes including the San Diego Hospice, Easter Seals, United Way/CHAD, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Peace At Home's domestic violence prevention program, among others. In 1992, Craig and her husband committed $10 million to Fresno State University for its School of Business and Administrative Services, later renamed the Sid Craig School of Business. In 1996, the couple committed another $10 million to the University of San Diego, $7 million of which was used to build the Jenny Craig Pavilion, a recreation and sports pavilion that was dedicated in October 2000.

Thoroughbred horse racing

In 1995, Craig and her husband purchased a thoroughbred horse ranch and [horse breeding|breeding] operation in Rancho Santa Fe, California formerly owned by sportsman Gene Klein. This area is home to the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Craig has been involved in racing and she and her husband have owned a number of successful thoroughbreds. One of their colts, Dr. Devious, finished seventh in the 1992 Kentucky Derby and also raced in England, where he won the 1992 Epsom Derby. That same year, their future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame filly Paseana won the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Gulfstream Park. In 2003, their horse Candy Ride won six races in a row including the Grade I Pacific Classic Stakes in which he set a new Del Mar track record for one and a quarter miles.

References

* [http://jennycraig.com/corporate/company/founders.asp Biography from company website]

External links

* [http://www.jennycraig.com/ Official Jenny Craig Website]

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