Five things for you to know about the man behind Calvin Klein Inc.

1). He is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc.

2). Calvin Richard Klein was born in The Bronx to Jewish-Hungarian immigrants.

3). He attended the High School of Industrial Art and matriculated, but never graduated, from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, receiving an honorary Doctorate at the graduation ceremony in 2003.

4). In 2003, Calvin Klein bought a 6.6 acre ocean-front estate in Southampton Village in the Hamptons, Long Island, NY.

5). Klein is a prolific donor to Democratic political causes, having given over $250,000 to candidates and PACs since 1980.