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Elizabeth Wiatt
American businessperson
Elizabeth Wiatt is an American businesswoman, co-founder of Fashionology LA (with Jamie Tisch), a retailer based in Beverly Hills, California.[1]
Elizabeth Wiatt | |
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Born | Elizabeth Rieger 1967 (age 56–57) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | businesswoman |
Known for | co-founder of Fashionology LA |
Spouse | Jim Wiatt |
Children | two |
Born Elizabeth Rieger, Wiatt was born and raised in Manhattan and attended Barnard College.[2] After school she worked as a staffer for Vogue Magazine and then as a talent agent at ICM Partners[3] where her future husband, James Wiatt was president.[4][5] She later co-founded Fashionology LA (with Jamie Tisch), a make-your-own-clothing shop that caters to young girls ages 8 to 12.[6] Wiatt has served on the boards of the Natural Resources Defense Council. the Fulfillment Fund,[7][8] the Directors Circle of Los Angeles County Museum, The Southern California Committee of Human Rights Watch, and the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation.[2] She is also on the steering committee of Antonio Villaraigosa's Million Trees LA initiative.[3] Wiatt has lived in Los Angeles for fifteen years with her husband Jim Wiatt, CEO and Chairman of the William Morris Agency, and their two daughters.[9] They divorced in 2011.[10]
- Deidre Woollard, "Do-It-Yourself Fashion For Tweens," LUXIST (May 14, 2008).
- Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation: "Board Members - Elizabeth Wiatt" retrieved May 24, 2015
- Khuri, Elizabeth (14 October 2007). "elizabeth wiatt / Green Goddess". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- New York Magazine: "Secret Agent Woman" Aug 21, 1995
- "VANITY FAIR EDITOR HONORED BY NRDC," On Earth: Environmental Politics People 29.2 (Summer2007): 46. Abstract notes that some "of individuals who attended the award presentation include NRDC trustees Elizabeth Wiatt and Dan Tishman."
- STEVEN KOTLER, "Jim & Elizabeth Wiatt, CEO, William Morris Agency; board member, NRDC," Variety (Thurs., Nov. 30, 2006).
- Hollywood Reporter: "Jim and Elizabeth Wiatt to Divorce" September 5, 2011
- Official website
- Elizabeth Wiatt on Wmagazine.com