Jennifer Sey is an American businesswoman as well as an author by profession. Previously she has worked as an artistic gymnast from where she retired. She has been a six-time member of the U.S. Women’s National Team and has also been serving as the U.S. Women’s All-Around National Champion since 1986. Despite all these, she has been an active member of the 1985 U.S Women’s World Championship team finishing 6th place, and the Women’s Team at the Goodwill Games in 1986. After retiring from her gymnast career, Sey entered the business world and became the president of the most loved brand called Levis. Recently, she is in the news because she has developed into a social media activist during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early Life
Jennifer was born on 23rd February 1969 and brought up in New Jersey. She completed her graduation from Stanford University in 1992 with a degree in political science. She has been a long-time resident of San Francisco and thereby she relocated to Denver, Colorado during the pandemic. Currently, she is assumed to be living with her husband and 4 children (two from a previous marriage and two from recent marriage).
Jennifer Sey Career
Jennifer Sey is currently serving as an active personality in the field of authoring books. She has authored the book called Chalked up, which is an autobiography of her time when she was an elite gymnast and was one of the active members and producers of Athlete A. She has covered a documentary on the Larry Nassar scandal of the USA Gymnastics which further was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2020 and won the title in the field of an outstanding Investigative Documentary.
At present, Jennifer Sey is serving as the brand president of Levis Strauss & Co. but, because of the pandemic and the disclosure of the schools and everything, she left over the disputes and left the decision to the advocacy team. She has gained the prime attention of the public throughout 2020 and 2021, mainly on Twitter and other social media platforms as she rose in the direction of political progression while being an outspoken advocate for K-12 school closures in California.
Jennifer Sey Biography |
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| Real Name | Jennifer Sey |
| Birth Date | 23 February 1969 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 52 Years |
| Birth Place | New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Author |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Sun sign | Pisces |
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| Height | in feet inches – 5’ 7” – in Centimeters – 172 cm |
| Weight | in Kilograms – 63 kg – in Pounds – 138 lbs |
| Shoe Size | 7 (U.S.) |
| Hair Color | Dark Brown |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Body Type | Average |
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| Father | – |
| Mother | – |
| Sister | – |
| Brother | – |
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| School | – |
| College | Stanford University |
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| Marital Status | Married |
| Who is her husband? | Daniel Kotzin |
| Children | Four (Virgil, Wyatt, Oscar, Ruth) |
Personal Life
Jennifer Sey is a married personality. She is married to Daniel Kotzin with whom she has been living together for many years. Sey has been a former Levi’s president and Kotzin describes himself as a stay-at-home dad (According to his Twitter account). Kotzin regularly shares pictures of his children on his Instagram page, including pictures of biking, riding, traveling, and having fun on the streets. Once he shared a picture of himself while holding his two children on the occasion of Father’s Day 2020. Kotzin has gathered almost 28,400 followers on Twitter and 131 followers on Instagram.
Kotzin and Sey got married on 25th September 2017 (according to what Kotzin wrote on his Instagram account). He shared a picture of his wedding with the caption, “Last minutes of Bachelor!”. On the other hand, Sey wrote that she has been divorced and had two children from her previous marriage. After the divorce, she married Kotzin and again became the mother of two kids.
Controversy
The chief marketer of Levi Strauss has resigned from her position. She claimed that she has been forced to lower her voice and opinions over the closure or disclosure of the schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. In one of the essays published by Bari Weiss’s Substack, Sey- the 20 year veteran of Levi’s who has also been the president of the global brand since 2020- said in a statement that she was offered $1 million as a severance package in the exchange of her signature on a nondisclosure agreement. However, she said that she would rather choose to keep her voice. The mother of four kids said in the statement that she started working in 1999 as an assistant marketing manager for a San Francisco-based apparel company.
During the two decades, she felt encouraged to bring her full strength to work and also while advocating other political matters. When she was questioned publicly about the pandemic-related school closures, at which she claimed that the human resources and the communication teams are pressuring her to keep her vocals less on such matters. On the other hand, Kotzin wrote on Twitter that his two young children will not be vaccinated against coronavirus on 14th February 2022, the day his wife announced her resignation, The tweet was retweeted to 460 numbers within 30 minutes and caught 1,000 likes.
Jennifer Sey Net Worth
Jennifer Sey is estimated to have a net worth of around $2.39 million (As of February 2022). However, we assume that the actual numbers of her wealth would be much more than that. She owes at least 28,432 units of Levi Strauss & Co stock with a worth of $134,549.
Sey was a large-caliber sports champion, author, and graduated from a prestigious university. Apparently until the lockdown she had an illustrious career at Levi’s. So why on retiring is she worth only $2.4 million? To me that’s cause for envy, but to senior management types, she’s one of the working poor.