Trevor Engelson

Engelson was born on October 23, 1976, in Great Neck, New York,[1] on Long Island. He is Jewish.[2] He attended John L. Miller Great Neck North High School and studied journalism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.[2]

After college, Engelson began a career as a production assistant and later moved into talent management before founding his own production company, Underground, in 2001.[2] As a producer, he has worked on several films and television shows. These include Remember Me, Outpost 37, License to Wed and All About Steve. He also produced the series Snowfall.[3] In 2018, Engelson was set to start work on a fictional drama for Fox Broadcasting about a British prince.[3]

Engelson began dating Meghan Markle in 2004.[4] The couple married at the Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios, Jamaica on September 10, 2011. They separated after approximately 18 months and in August 2013 were granted a no-fault divorce citing irreconcilable differences.[4] Engelson attracted significant media attention due to his previous marriage to Markle, when she became engaged to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex in November 2017.[5]

Following his divorce from Markle, Engelson dated Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York City.[6] According to Frankel, their romantic relationship subsequently devolved into a business one.[6] On June 1, 2018, Engelson became engaged to dietitian Tracey Kurland, daughter of investment trust founder Stanford Kurland (died January 2021),[7][8] and heiress to a multi-million dollar fortune.[9][10] The couple married on May 11, 2019, in California.[11] In August 2020, it was reported that Kurland had given birth to a daughter.[12]

• Trevor Engelson at IMDb