Patrick Schwarzenegger
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Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 18, 1993) is an American
People of the United States
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 model
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 and entrepreneur
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.

Early life and family

Schwarzenegger was raised in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
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. He is one of four children of bodybuilder, actor, and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

, and Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver
Maria Owings Shriver is an American journalist and author of six best-selling books. She has received a Peabody Award, and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of...

, a journalist
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 and author who is also a member of the Kennedy family
Kennedy family
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. His maternal grandmother Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, DSG a member of the Kennedy family, sister to President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, was the founder in 1962 of Camp Shriver, and in 1968, the Special Olympics...

 founded the Special Olympics
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 and his maternal grandfather Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., known as Sargent Shriver, R. Sargent Shriver, or, from childhood, Sarge, was an American statesman and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations...

 was the United States Ambassador to France
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, the 1st Director of the Peace Corps
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, and the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election. Patrick has two sisters, Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger and Christina Aurelia Shriver Schwarzenegger (born July 23, 1991) one brother, Christopher Sargent (born September 27, 1997). He is also the half-brother of Joseph Baena (born October 2, 1997).

As of May 2011, Schwarzenegger is enrolled at Brentwood School
Brentwood School (Los Angeles, California)
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, in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

Following his parents' separation, it was reported in the media he was changing his surname to "Shriver." None of these reports is based on statements made by him but is based instead on speculation over why he used the screen name "Patrick Shriver" on his twitter account. Shriver is his mother's maiden name, which is part of his full name: Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger added Achilles as his Catholic confirmation
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 name.

Career

Schwarzenegger's parents helped Patrick found his company Project360 when he was only 15. The philanthropic clothing line has a full menswear collection on the horizon and a mid-five-figures net from 2010, according to Details
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magazine. The company donates 10 percent of all its sales to a variety of charities. Patrick is also signed with L.A. Models, which has plans to push him for Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren
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 and Armani ad campaigns. He has admitted that he also hopes to raise awareness of his clothing company by taking on high profile modeling jobs.

In 2011 he worked a summer internship at The Grove
The Grove
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, an upscale outdoor mall in LA. He is also preparing to apply for college (Stanford and USC are among his top choices). He also posed shirtless for a highly visible Hudson Jeans billboard advertisement seen on Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
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 in Hollywood.

It was announced in September of 2011 that Patrick would be joining an MTV
MTV
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 reality television series in the vein of The Hills
The Hills
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, that highlights young business men in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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. Along with their daytime jobs, it will also show their nightlife.

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