Janet L. Wolff

Janet L. Wolff (born Janet Loeb); February 21, 1920 July 29, 2014) was an American advertising executive who was a key figure at J. Walter Thompson Co. (JWT) and William Esty Co.

Biography Wolff was born on February 21, 1920, in San Francisco. She attended Castilleja School before moving to New York City as a teenager, where she attended Finch College and Wood Tobé-Coburn School and began to study fashion and marketing. She moved with her mother to Paris in the mid-1930s and attended The Sorbonne. After returning to New York before World War II, she worked for Macy's, and while there entered a New York Sun Father's Day card competition. Her entry led to many job offers in advertising.

In 1945 she married Dr. James Wolff, a pioneer in pediatric hematology and oncology. led to a number of other books, including co-authoring the Lifetrends series.

Wolff died in Pompano Beach, Florida in 2014. Her husband predeceased her in 2012. She was survived by four children and ten grandchildren.