{{short description|American chief executive officer (born 1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox person | name = Eric Villency | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Eric Scot Villency<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/fashion/weddings/28guil.html|title=Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric Villency|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 28, 2006}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|06|10}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Interior designer, businessman | known_for = CEO of Villency Design Group | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Kimberly Guilfoyle|2006|2009|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Caroline Fare|2013|2017|reason=divorced}} }} | children = 1 }}

'''Eric Scot Villency''' (born June 10, 1975) is an American businessman. He is the CEO of Villency Design Group, an interior and product design firm.<ref name=huffpo>{{cite web|title=Eric Villency|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-villency/|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=October 8, 2012}}</ref>

==Career== ===Design=== In 1932, Villency's grandfather, Maurice Villency, started a furniture company in New York City. His grandfather's company became the Villency Design Group, and in 1998, Eric Villency became CEO.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ohikuare|first=Judith|title=Things I Can't Live Without: Eric Villency, CEO Villency Design Group|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/201205/judith-ohikuare/a-design-maven-takes-his-style-on-the-road.html|accessdate=October 8, 2012|newspaper=Inc.|date=May 2, 2012}}</ref>

Villency was named "The Wizard of Wellness" by ''Well + Good''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wellandgood.com/the-wizard-of-wellness-design/|title=The wizard of wellness design|date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> in 2003, and ''Inc. Magazine'' named him of the most influential designers to watch in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | last=Winfrey | first=Graham | title=7 Creative Designers to Watch in 2016 | website=Inc.com | date=2016-01-20 | url=https://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/ss/influential-designers-to-watch-in-2016.html | access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> In 2001, he was awarded the FIT "All Star Salute" award, recognizing leaders in design and fashion. In 2002, Villency oversaw the launch of the Maurice Villency flagship store, located on 57th street in midtown Manhattan, and launched the company's first home accessories collection. In 2006, he launched Villency Atelier, a workshop dedicated to custom design and fabrication for design professionals.

In 2008, Villency launched his business initiative, Villency Pure Design, a furniture company. He has lectured at Savannah College of Art and Design.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scad.edu/content/eric-villency |title=Eric Villency &#124; SCAD.edu |access-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718144842/https://www.scad.edu/content/eric-villency |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Villency has worked in boutique fitness having designed the Peloton indoor bike, the SoulCycle indoor fitness bike, along with fitness equipment for Rumble.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/things-to-do/rumble-boxing-upper-east-side-1-20227717/|title=Boxing brand Rumble opens biggest location yet on the Upper East Side|first=Meredith|last=Deliso|date=July 31, 2018|website=amNewYork}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-12-08|title=The Most Exclusive Spin Class Is in Your Living Room|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-peloton-spin-cycling/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-14|website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-villencys-boutique-fitness-designs-2015-8|title=Meet the inventor behind Soul Cycle and America's most elite cult fitness brands|first=Mallory|last=Schlossberg|website=Business Insider}}</ref>

===Writing=== Villency is a contributing writer for the ''Huffington Post''. He has written for ''The New York Times'', ''Details'', ''Best Life'', ''Women's Health'', and ''Departures''.<ref name=huffpo/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/business/a-diverted-flight-and-captain-sully-offer-lessons-on-keeping-cool.html|title=A Diverted Flight Offers Lessons on Keeping Cool|first=Eric|last=Villency|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life== Villency is the son of Rowann, a mixed media artist, and Robert Villency, the chairman of Maurice Villency. Villency graduated from the University of Wisconsin.

On May 27, 2006, on the island of Barbados, he married Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Fox News personality who was once a prosecutor in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric Villency|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/fashion/weddings/28guil.html|accessdate=October 8, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 28, 2012}}</ref> On October 4, 2006, Guilfoyle gave birth to their son, Ronan Anthony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfist.com/archives/2006/10/04/the_littlest_guilfency.php|title=The Littlest Guilfency|date=October 4, 2006|work=SFist|location=San Francisco|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121044027/http://www.sfist.com/archives/2006/10/04/the_littlest_guilfency.php|archivedate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> They divorced in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a27758310/donald-trump-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-relationship-timeline/ | title=A Comprehensive Timeline of Donald Trump Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle's Relationship | date=June 7, 2019 }}</ref>

In December 2013, he married Swedish designer Caroline Fare in West Palm Beach. Villency and Fare divorced in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2014/05/romantic-wedding-inspiration-palm-beach-frances-tulk-hart.html|title=An Enchanted Wedding at the Eau Palm Beach|date=May 28, 2014|author=Jaimie Schoen|publisher=Brides Magazine|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906013523/http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2014/05/romantic-wedding-inspiration-palm-beach-frances-tulk-hart.html|archivedate=September 6, 2015}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.ericvillency.com}}

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