From the Wikipedia article on Hugh Hefner: "After serving in the subscription department and as a copywriter for Esquire, he left in January 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. He worked at Children's Activities, then took his biggest gamble in 1953 by lending his furniture for $600 and raising $10,000 from 45 investors - including $1,000 from his mother ("Not because she believed in the venture," he told E! in 2006. "But because she believed in her son.") - to launch Playboy."
Who would US society (or at least publishing) be different if Hefner had been given his five dollar raise and stayed on at Esquire.
Who would US society (or at least publishing) be different if Hefner had been given his five dollar raise and stayed on at Esquire.