Zibby Owens
| Zibby Owens | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Schwarzman |
| 🏫 Education | Yale Harvard Business School |
| 💼 Occupation | Podcaster |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Kyle Owens (2016-Present) Andrew Right (2005-2016) |
| 👶 Children | 4 |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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| 🌐 Website | zibbyowens |
Elizabeth "Zibby" Owens (née Schwarzman),[1] is an American writer[2] and podcast host based in New York City.[3] Her podcast[4] is called "Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books".[5]
Life and career
Zibby Owens, born Elizabeth Schwarzman to billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, a co-founder, chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, and Ellen Katz (née Philips), a trustee of Northwestern University and the Mount Sinai Medical Center[6] [7] Her family is Jewish.[8] She grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[5] Her brother is film producer Teddy Schwarzman. She attended Yale and Harvard Business School.[5]
Owens started the "Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books" podcast in which she interviews authors in spring 2018.[5][9] By December 2019 she had made 200 "Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books" podcast episodes which had been downloaded a quarter of a million times.[9]
In the spring of 2020, Owens interviewed authors on Instagram[10] and launched an online literary magazine called We Found Time featuring essays written by authors who had been on her podcast. A book called Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology based on those essays was released in February 2021.[11]
Owens is a member of New York Public Library's advisory council.[5]
Publications
- What to Wear to Show Off Your Assets. What to Do to Tone Up Your Trouble Spots, (as Zibby Right), co-authored with Paige Adams-Geller, and Ashley Borden; McGraw-Hill (January 2008)[12]
- Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology (2021)[11]
- Moms Don't Have Time To Have Kids: A Timeless Anthology (2021)
Personal life
Owens is married to Kyle Owens, a former tennis pro and a film producer.[5] Owens has four children, including twins, Owen and Phoebe Right,[1] Sadie Right, and Graham Right.[5] Her first marriage to Andrew Right ended in divorce.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oh, Zibby, Thanks So Much for Calling!". Observer. 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ↑ "Schwarzman's daughter can only afford chairs at library benefit". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ↑ Jargon, Julie (2019-12-21). "Move Over, Santa! Kids Are Asking Alexa to Bring Them Presents". The Wall Street Journal. Eastern Edition. Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ↑ Jean-Philippe, McKenzie (2019-09-26). "21 of the Best Book Podcasts to Listen to In-Between Reads". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Kelly, Hillary (2019-09-17). "New York's Most Powerful Book-fluencer Runs a Podcast on Park Avenue". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ↑ "Ellen Zajac and Teddy Schwarzman". The New York Times. November 11, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Oh, Zibby, Thanks So Much for Calling!". Observer. 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ↑ Jewish Business News: "The Jews of Oscar" January 15, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sandy Kenyon (2019-12-04). "Meet the mom behind 'Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books' podcast". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ↑ Zibby Owens on connecting with authors through her podcast, CBS News, retrieved 2020-07-16
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Moms don't have time to : a quarantine anthology". WorldCat. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Your perfect fit what to do to show off your assets, what to do to tone up your trouble spots". WorldCat. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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