Tina Lai is a Vietnamese-American most recognized as the wife of Jeffrey Lurie, an American business magnate and the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, a franchise in the National Football League (NFL).
Born in Vietnam in 1975, Tina Lai is of Asian descent and holds Vietnamese-American nationality. She is the youngest of eight children. In 1978, amid political unrest, her family fled Vietnam and temporarily resettled in Malaysia before emigrating to the United States a few months later.
The Lai family made Philadelphia their new home. Tina attended Lamberton High School, where she frequently studied in the school library due to the challenges of concentrating in the crowded apartment she shared with her parents and seven siblings. Outside of school, she and her siblings helped run the family’s restaurant business, contributing to their household’s operations from a young age.
Tina Lai began her career in the restaurant sector by working in her family’s establishments in Philadelphia, which own and operate several local eateries. She played an active role in management and service operations alongside her brothers. Notably, she served as the manager of Vietnam Café, a well-known dining spot in the city.
Following her marriage to billionaire Jeffrey Lurie, Tina stepped away from the restaurant business and now primarily focuses on her role as a homemaker.
Jeffrey Lurie, founder and CEO of Chestnut Hill Productions and owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, met Tina Lai in 2012 at her family’s restaurant. Their relationship developed quickly, and they were married on May 4, 2013, in a private ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina. This is Tina's first marriage and Lurie's second.
Contrary to some reports, the couple does not have children together. They reside in a luxurious $14 million home in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Lurie has two children, Julian and Milena, from his previous marriage to Christina Weiss, a former actress. The two were married in 1992 in Gstaad, Switzerland, and divorced in 2012.
