Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie wife Tina Lai are often seen in the field to support their team. She is a beautiful woman, wife and businesswoman who is admired by the fans and her followers. Let’s know more about Jeffrey Lurie wife Tina Lai.
Jefferey Lurie is a businessman and owner of one of the oldest NFL teams Philadelphia Eagles (founded in 1933). He purchased the franchise on May 16, 1994.
Jefferey was born on September 8 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. He was born to Jewish parents Nancy Smith and Morris John Lurie. He is from a business family and he joined his grandfather’s business of movie theatre chains. His grandfather, Philip Smith, founded the General Cinema movie theatre chain.
Jefferey graduated from Clark University with a bachelor’s degree in arts, further he earned a master’s degree in Psychology from Boston University and a doctorate in social policy from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.
Before he joined the family business, he worked as an adjunct assistant professor of social policy at Boston University. In 1983, he joined the family business, General Cinema Corporation.
This is a brief introduction about the Philadelphia owner before getting to know about his wife, Tina Lai.
Let’s know in detail about Jefferey Lurie’s wife, Tina Lai.
Who is Jeffrey Lurie wife Tina Lai?
Tina Lai is a businesswoman who married Philadelphia owner Lurie on May 4, 2013. Tina is an Asian by ethnicity.
According to Heavy, Tina Lai and his family are immigrants from Vietnam, they came to United States in 1978 as refugees fleeing from the Communist government in Vietnam. Tina is the youngest of eight siblings.
Tina and his family’s journey is inspirational, from refugees to a well-established restaurant business. Her mother and father worked so hard to earn a living and still save money to start a grocery store in West Philadelphia and a restaurant named “Vietnam in Philly’s Chinatown“.
His brother Benny also started Vietnam Café in Philadelphia city according to Philadelphia Magazine, Tina was also helped in running and managing the restaurant.
Tina attended Lamberton High School. She worked as senior interior designer at the reputed Stanford Hotels. Further in her professional career, Tina was appointed as the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Seaspan Corporation, which is the largest containership owner-operator in the world.
When Jeffrey and Tina Married?
Jeffrey Lurie and Tina Lai started dating in 2012 and after a year of relationship the couple married on May 04, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina. The ceremony was private where the couple tied a knot and became the husband and wife officially.
Tina and Jeffrey Lurie do not have any children.
Tina Lai is Jeffrey’s second wife; his first wife was Christina Weiss.
Let’s know more about Jeffrey’s first wife.
Jeffrey Lurie and Ex-wife Christina Weiss
Jeffrey was married to Christina in 1992. Weiss was born in Mexico. Lurie and Christina met in a pre-production meeting of the movie “I Love You To Death”. The couple married in 1992 in Gstaad, Switzerland. The couple divorced in August 2012 after 20 years of marriage.
Lurie has two children with Weiss, a daughter Milena born in 1993 and a son Julian born in 1995.
Jeffrey and Christina Weiss bought the Philadelphia Eagles together back in 1994 for $185 million. After the divorce Christina Weiss still has a part of ownership in Eagles whereas Tina does not have any official role with the team.
