15 Facts About Lynda Resnick

Lynda Rae Resnick was born on 1943 and is an American billionaire businesswoman.

Lynda Resnick's father, Jack H Harris, born Ostravsky, worked as a film distributor during the 1950s; he is known for producing The Blob, which later became a cult favorite.

Lynda Resnick's mother, Muriel, was an interior designer.

Lynda Resnick graduated from Harriton High School, and the family moved to southern California.

Resnick, then Lynda Sinay, began doing occasional work for the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Lynda Resnick prevailed on her to allow him and a colleague, Daniel Ellsberg, to duplicate a large document using the Xerox 812 machine in her ad agency.

Lynda Resnick gave them to The New York Times, which then published them.

Lynda Resnick was designated an un-indicted co-conspirator for her role, and prosecutors pursued her for two years.

The Resnicks purchased Teleflora in 1979, at which time Lynda left her advertising job to become the company's executive vice president of marketing and eventually president.

Lynda Resnick won a Gold Effie Award for her idea to pair fresh flowers with a collectible keepsake container, while her Mother's Day special on NBC resulted in another Effie win.

Lynda Resnick is a "life trustee" of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Board of Trustees.

Lynda Resnick is a trustee emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Lynda Resnick is on the executive board of UCLA Medical Sciences, the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Milken Family Foundation.

Lynda Resnick is on the board of trustees and chair of the marketing and communications committee at the Aspen Institute.

In 2006 Lynda Resnick introduced the Wonderful Giving Program, allowing employees to direct donations to local charities.