Pauline Pitt is a socialite, heiress, and interior designer. She's also the mother of high-profile socialites Serena Boardman and Samantha Boardman Rosen—the wife of real estate mogul Aby Rosen.

Pauline Munn Baker was born the heiress to a banking fortune: Her great-grandfather, George F. Baker, founded the First National Bank of New York (which later became Citibank) and provided much of the initial funding for Harvard Business School. On the other side of her family, she's a descendent of Anthony J. Drexel, the 19th century financier and partner of J.P. Morgan, who also founded of Drexel University. For years, Pauline has operated a small interior design firm, Pauline Pitt Ltd., which has decorated the homes of Upper East Side doyennes like Carroll Petrie. She's more visible in her role as a Manhattan and Palm Beach socialite, as well as a mom to her socialite daughters, Samantha and Serena.

Pitt divides her time between an apartment on East 72th Street (she lives in the same building as architect Richard Meier and Judge Kimba Wood) and a home in Palm Beach.

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