| Marjorie Gubelmann | |
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Gubelmann at 2010 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Fête d'Hiver |
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| Born | April 11, 1969 |
| Occupation | Owner & CEO, Vie Luxe International |
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| www.vieluxenyc.com | |
Marjorie Gubelmann (born April 11, 1969) Marjorie Barton Gubelmann is the owner and CEO of Vie Luxe International.
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Gubelmann was born in New York City to Susan McCammon Gubelmann and William S. Gubelmann, and has one younger brother, Wyeth S. Gubelmann. Gubelmann’s great-grandfather was the inventor William S. Gubelmann, who held more than 5000 claims on patents, and was called “the father of all calculating machines in use today” by ‘’Popular Mechanics’’.[1]
Susan McCammon Gubelmann was born in Washington, DC. She went to Villa Mercedi, a finishing school in Florence, as a young girl, and was a debutante in the United States capital in 1959. She wed William S. Gubelmann on January 6, 1968 at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC.[2]
Gubelmann’s father attended Stanford University and Wharton School of Business before moving to London, England to professionally race cars. An official champion driver, he won the 1967 Northeastern region SCCA Formula C Championship and the 1972 British Formula Atlantic Championship.[3] Gubelmann’s brother, Wyeth S. Gubelmann, followed his father into professional racecar driving; his passion is rallying, which has taken him to numerous pro-rallies as well as to the X Games.[4]
In 1971, Gubelmann’s family moved to England, first living in London and then in Henley-on-Thames; when Gubelmann was 12, the family moved to Palm Beach, Florida. Gubelmann attended Palm Beach Day School and then went to boarding school at the Garrison Forest School in Maryland. After graduating from New England College, she worked at Licensing Management International, a London-based licensing firm. In 1995, Gubelmann moved to New York City and worked for AmfAR in their Special Events/Major Gifts department.
In 2003, Gubelmann was married to Reza Raein in Palm Beach’s Episcopal Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea. The event was grand; ‘’W’’ jested that only the bride could throw a party that might be confused with the Cannes Film Festival.[5] ‘’Vanity Fair’’ called the wedding, which was attended by the likes of Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Tamara Mellon and Ivanka Trump, “the high-society event of [the] season.”.[6] Gubelmann gave birth to a son, Cyrus, in 2004. In 2006, she and Raein separated in a widely-reported, bitter divorce.
Gubelmann lives on the Upper East Side [7] of New York City, but also spends time at her houses in Southampton (village), New York and Palm Beach, Florida.
Gubelmann founded Vie Luxe International in 2004, a New York City-based company that produces scented candles.
In 2008, Gubelmann fired then business partner and employee Daniel Benedict, which resulted in a very public legal battle in the United States Federal Court in New York over his alleged mismanagement of the company. After the legal battle was resolved in 2008, Gubelmann swiftly took control of the company, hired new management, and revitalized Vie Luxe’s business.
Gubelmann’s grandparents, Walter S. Gubelmann and Barton Green Gubelmann, were fixtures on the social circuits of Palm Beach, Florida, Newport, Rhode Island, and New York City, where they often entertained friends like the Duke of Windsor, the Duchess of Windsor,[8] and Prince Charles.[9] Walter S. Gubelmann graduated from Yale University, and was an accomplished yachtsman. On behalf of the New York Yacht Club, he successfully defended the America’s Cup in 1964 with the yacht Constellation. Gubelmann’s great grandfather, William S. Gubelmann, also had a passion for yachting: one of his prized possessions was a square-rig, 3 mast, 168-foot yacht called the USS Seven Seas.[10] [11] .[12]
Gubelmann has followed family tradition as an internationally celebrated hostess [13][14] and influential tastemaker.[15] While living in New York City, Gubelmann has served as a chair or committee member for such organizations as The New York Botanical Garden, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Museum of Modern Art, ACRIA, AmfAR and God’s Love We Deliver. In 2002, Gubelmann co-hosted with Cornelia Guest the grand opening of Le Bar of the Plaza Athénée in Paris; in 2006, she hosted the launch of “Les Perles de Chanel," Chanel’s luxurious new accoutrement capsule collection in New York City.
Gubelmann is a front row regular in the fashion world, making appearances at both New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. She has been profiled in such magazines as ‘’Vogue’’, ‘’Elle’’, ‘’W’’, ‘’Town & Country’’, and has appeared on ‘’Vanity Fair’’’s International Best Dressed List.[16]
Marjorie appeared in “Single in the Hamptons”.[17] which aired in 2002 as herself.
