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Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Biography – Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Wiki
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar is the Chief Executive officer and Owner of Ebony and Jet magazines. Daughter of basketball legend Junior Bridgeman, Eden previously served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Manna, Inc.
Eden attended Male High School and graduated from the University of Louisville with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. She earned her MBA in Entrepreneurship at Loyola University’s Chicago-Quinlan School of Business and is a member of The International Business Honor Society.
Eden previously served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Manna, Inc., the Louisville, Kentucky-based family-owned business that specializes as an affiliate of several restaurant concepts. Manna Inc. is also one of the largest minority-owned restaurant operators in the United States.
In her tenure at Manna, Inc., Eden led the company’s marketing department and oversaw all company brands. She also helped lead the company’s philanthropic endeavors, which coincide with her family’s commitment to pay it forward through programs that support the African-American community.
Eden served as Manna Inc.’s ambassador to the Women’s Food Service Forum and Board Member and Program Director for the Bridgeman Charitable Group. Additionally, she served as a Board Member for The Speed Museum, the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Oxmoor Farm Foundation, Task Force for the Fund Art, and the Louisville Ballet.
In addition, she is the Program Director and Board Member for the Bridgeman Charitable Group which focuses on access to education for at risk youth and cancer research support.
She’s also the creator of The Trifecta — an annual Derby-eve black-tie celebrity charity gala in Louisville, Kentucky — with her two brothers and her father, Junior Bridgeman. The Trifecta is an arm of the Bridgeman Charitable Group that produces one of kind experiences at some of the most notable yearly events in the United States including the Kentucky Derby.
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Age
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. She is in her mid-30s.
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Parents
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar is the daughter of Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman and Doris Griffith Bridgeman. Former University of Louisville basketball star and billionaire entrepreneur Junior Bridgeman died on March 11, 2025, at the age of 71 after suffering a medical emergency at the Galt House Hotel during a fundraising event.
According to a report from WLKY-TV, a reporter was speaking with Bridgeman, 71, when he “expressed that he thought he was having a heart attack.”
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Husband
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar is married to her husband Gregory Sklenar, the executive director of beverages and ventures at the family’s Manna Capital. They met at a bar in Chicago. Eden was living in Chicago, pursuing an MBA at Loyola University, when she met Greg Sklenar on Memorial Day week-end in 2011. They were married on September 20, 2014.
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Family
She is the daughter of Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman and Doris Bridgeman and has two brothers, Justin and Ryan Bridgeman. She lives outside Louisville, with her husband, Gregory Sklenar, and their daughter Eve.
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar Net Worth
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar is the owner of Ebony and Jet magazines since their acquisition in 2021 for $14 million. After purchasing Ebony and Jet magazines, Junior Bridgeman’s estimated net worth soared to nearly $600 million. Forbes recently estimated his net worth at $1.4 billion.
Ethnicity
She is of African descent.
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar’s Instagram handle is @eden_bridgemansklenar.
