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Lynn Wyatt | |
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 Wyatt at a Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Born | Lynn Sakowitz July 16, 1935 |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (studies not finished) |
| Years active | 1963–Present |
| Spouse | Oscar Wyatt (m. 1963) |
| Children | 4 |
Lynn Wyatt (née Sakowitz; born July 16, 1935)[1] is a Houston socialite, philanthropist and third-generation Texan. Her grandfather and great-uncle started the Sakowitz Department Store chain. Her husband, Oscar Wyatt, is an energy executive, the founder of Houston's Coastal Corporation—now owned by El Paso Corporation —and current CEO of NuCoastal LLC. Lynn and Oscar Wyatt have four sons.[2]
During the height of the oil boom in the 1970s/early 1980s, the family mansion in Houston was known as the "Wyatt Hyatt" becoming a "home away from home" for people including Princess Margaret, Princess Grace of Monaco, Bill Blass, Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. [citation needed]
- ^ "Happy birthday, Lynn Wyatt! The Houston philanthropist celebrates her 82nd birthday Sunday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Survival of the Richest", National Geographic; accessed September 23, 2014.