I don't think the Playboy brand has changed much at all - it's always been sophisticated and aspirational.
No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.
We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.
Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.
I consider Playboy very wholesome, frankly.
Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.
I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.
My father has always enjoyed games... always with a combination of the fun and social side of it, but also always highly competitive.
When I first came to Playboy, I thought I would go on and do something else in a few years. But when the company got into trouble with political and regulatory challenges, I felt that I could really lead the turn around.
It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.
I think of Chicago as a great entrepreneur city, a city that supports its own, that isn't as jaded as New York and L.A.
I'm not much of a 'road not taken' person.
The people who relate to Playboy, both readers and people who produce it, are not the way the critics think they are.
I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.
My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.
I'm private because I want to be private.
Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.
I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.
I never intended to go into the family business. I've always been drawn to wanting to do something else at some time in my life.