# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lillian-vernon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:21.521Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lillian-vernon"
name: "Lillian Vernon"
slug: "lillian-vernon"
description: "Lillian Vernon was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She founded the Lillian Vernon Corporation in 1951 and served as its chairwoman and CEO until July 1989, though she continued to serve as executive chairwoman until 2003, when the company was taken private by Zelnick Media. When it went public in 1987, Lillian Vernon Corporation was the first company traded on the American Stock Exchange founded by a woman. New York University's Lillian Vernon Writers House is named after her and houses the University's prestigious creative writing program."
tagline: "German-American businessperson (1927–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lillian_Vernon_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Executives"
  slug: "executives"
profileType:
  name: "Executive"
  slug: "executive"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1927-03-18"
deathDate: "2015-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             10
  historical:           4.875096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 93
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليليان فيرنون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Vernon_(Unternehmerin)"
    title: "Lillian Vernon (Unternehmerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Vernon_(businesswoman)"
    title: "Lillian Vernon (businesswoman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ליליאן ורנון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Vernon"
    title: "Lillian Vernon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16090601"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump