Last week on Real Housewives of New York City, we got a taste of who the real Jennifer Gilbert is — remember her comment, “I have never met a bunch of women who have more fucking issues”? And, from her work with Jill Zarin as a party planner, you may be aware that she’s the CEO of event management company Save The Date. But did you know that she started the company on her own in 1993 when she was 25 and she won an Entrepreneur of the Year award for her revolutionary business model at the age of 29? The company quickly expanded to five offices in five cities, and now Jennifer, 41, oversees the whole operation while also managing a family life that includes her husband Bennett and their three kids, daughter Blaise, 5, and twin 2-year-old sons, Saxton and Grey.
As we gear up for (hopefully) more zingers from Jennifer on tonight’s episode of Housewives, she took a moment to talk exclusively to Crushable about launching a company in her 20′s, dating in New York and her dreams to launch a non-profit in the future
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