Jared Fogle
A Subway sandwich chain spokesman whose public story of weight loss collapsed into a shocking conviction for child sex offenses.
Born 1977 (age 49)·American spokesperson and sex offender·Birthday: August 23·Generation X
Biography
Jared Fogle's narrative was once a marketer's dream: an ordinary college student who claimed to have lost hundreds of pounds by eating Subway sandwiches. This personal transformation was packaged into a potent advertising campaign, making him the recognizable face of the franchise for 15 years. He was portrayed as an everyman success story, a testament to simple choices. That public persona shattered utterly in 2015 with his arrest by the FBI. Investigators uncovered a dark reality, leading to guilty pleas for receiving child pornography and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors. His dramatic fall from grace was a stark lesson in the perils of celebrity built on a single, simplistic story, and his crimes sent shockwaves through the corporation that had built its brand around his image. He is now serving a lengthy federal prison sentence.
Generation X
1965–1980
The latchkey kids. Raised during divorce, recession, and the end of the Cold War. Skeptical, self-reliant, media-literate. They invented indie culture, grunge, and the early internet — then watched the Boomers take credit.
Jared was born in 1977, placing them squarely in the Generation X. The events that shaped this generation — economic uncertainty, the end of the Cold War, and the rise of personal computing — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Jared Was Born
The biggest hits of 1977
#1 Movie
Star Wars
Best Picture
Annie Hall
#1 TV Show
Happy Days
Jared's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1977Born
Star Wars premieres; Elvis dies
Gas: $0.62/galHome: $31,800Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"Tonight's the Night" — Rod StewartBest Picture: Annie Hall
1982Started school
Michael Jackson releases Thriller
Gas: $1.22/galHome: $55,200Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Physical" — Olivia Newton-JohnBest Picture: Gandhi
1990Became a teenager
Hubble Space Telescope launched; Germany reunifies
Gas: $1.15/galHome: $79,100Min wage: $3.80/hrPresident: George H.W. Bush"Hold On" — Wilson PhillipsBest Picture: Dances with Wolves
1993Could drive
European Union officially established
Gas: $1.11/galHome: $86,600Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"I Will Always Love You" — Whitney HoustonBest Picture: Schindler's List
1995Could vote
Oklahoma City bombing; Windows 95 released
Gas: $1.15/galHome: $96,500Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Gangsta's Paradise" — CoolioBest Picture: Braveheart
1998Turned 21
Google founded; Clinton impeachment
Gas: $1.06/galHome: $107,300Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Too Close" — NextBest Picture: Shakespeare in Love
2007Turned 30
iPhone released; Great Recession begins
Gas: $2.80/galHome: $172,600Min wage: $5.85/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Irreplaceable" — BeyonceBest Picture: No Country for Old Men
2017Turned 40
#MeToo movement; solar eclipse crosses the US
Gas: $2.42/galHome: $195,000Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"Shape of You" — Ed SheeranBest Picture: The Shape of Water
2026Age 49 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Served as the primary national spokesperson for the Subway restaurant chain from 2000 to 2015.
- His personal weight loss story became the central narrative of a long-running and highly visible advertising campaign.
- Founded the Jared Foundation, a non-profit focused on child obesity, which was dissolved after his arrest.
Did You Know?
His weight loss story was first featured in an article in the Indiana Daily Student newspaper.
The FBI investigation began after the owner of a pornography production company, who had a connection to Fogle, was arrested on separate charges.
He pleaded guilty to charges of traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and distribution and receipt of child pornography.
“I used a simple story to hide a much more complicated and harmful reality.”
