Personal Life
Karan is Jewish. She married Mark Karan in the early 1970s, they had a daughter and divorced in 1978. In 1983, she married artist Stephan Weiss, who would later become co-CEO of the Donna Karan company. Weiss died of lung cancer in 2001.
Karan's philanthropic work includes the Urban Zen initiative, which she founded with designer Sonja Nuttall. In March 2008, Karan sold personal belongings and vintage company samples to benefit the cause. In October, a foundation run by Karan donated $850,000 to New York's Beth Israel Medical Center.
Karan currently resides in East Hampton, New York.
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