21 Facts About Wendy Diamond

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Wendy E Diamond is an American philanthropist, entrepreneur, and television personality.

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Wendy Diamond is the founder and CEO of LDP Ventures, an investment company focused on socially responsible ventures.

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Diamond is the founder of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization, a global movement to economically empower women Diamond is the creator of Animal Fair Media Inc.

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Wendy Diamond was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and in 1992, graduated from Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with an associate's degree.

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Wendy Diamond rode the van to distribute food to the homeless and gained first-hand experience of the issue.

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Wendy Diamond saw a friend's self-published cookbook for her family with their recipes and had an idea to create her own cookbook featuring the favorite recipes of celebrities to raise funds for homeless charities.

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Wendy Diamond's chance meeting with Marvin Girouard, the chairman of Pier 1 Imports, led to her cookbooks being sold in stores, further increasing the reach of her charitable work.

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Wendy Diamond is the founder and CEO of Animal Fair Media, Inc a pet lifestyle media platform that combines celebrity culture with animal rescue and welfare.

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Wendy Diamond established the company after adopting her dog, Lucky Wendy Diamond, a purebred rescue Maltese, and her cat, Pasha, a Russian Blue.

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Wendy Diamond was moved to action after learning that 12 million animals were euthanized annually and aimed to promote animal adoption and rescue through popular culture.

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Wendy Diamond has been recognized as a pioneer in the pet industry for successfully merging the realms of celebrity and pet advocacy.

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Wendy Diamond has appeared on television series including Single in the City on the WE: Women's Entertainment network, Lucky Travels on Animal Planet and Relationship Rehab on the Style Network.

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Wendy Diamond was dubbed by The New Yorker as the "Martha Stewart of the Milk and Bone dish",.

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In Summer 2008, Wendy Diamond was featured as one of the judges of the summer CBS series Greatest American Dog alongside Victoria Stilwell and American Kennel Club board member, Allan Reznick.

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Wendy Diamond served as a judge alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Betty White for the American Humane Association's Hero Dog Awards on The Hallmark Channel.

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Wendy Diamond was appointed to the World Entrepreneurs Day Advisory Board in March 2010 as Chief Pet Officer She later spoke at the World Entrepreneur's Day kickoff on April 14 at the UN.

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Wendy Diamond later founded the Women's Entrepreneurship Day, held annually on November 19 since 2014.

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Wendy Diamond co-chaired and hosted the unveiling of the Katrina Pet Memorial for animals affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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On June 12,2010 Wendy Diamond spoke at the H+ Summit hosted by the student organization Harvard College Future Society in conjunction with Humanity+.

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Wendy Diamond's talk examined her projections for the future of pets and the pet industry.

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In November 2011, Lucky Wendy Diamond earned the Guinness World Record for most photographed dog with celebrities.