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Jared Fogle

ジャレド・フォーグル / じゃれど・ふぉーぐる

American spokesperson

August 23, 1977 (age 48) ・ Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

  • Indiana
  • spokesperson
  • actor

My Take

Jared Fogle's story is one I can only write about as a cautionary tale. For fifteen years, Subway built an entire marketing mythology around one ordinary man's weight loss, and the public bought it completely. Then the 2015 conviction for child sex crimes shattered that image, and rightly ended his public life. What stays with me is not the man but the mechanism: how eagerly brands manufacture saints out of strangers, and how little anyone verifies the person behind the legend. His name now serves as a permanent reminder that a feel-good narrative is not the same thing as character.

Overview

Jared Scott Fogle (; born August 23, 1977) is an American former spokesman who appeared in advertising campaigns for Subway from 2000 to 2015, until an FBI investigation led to him being convicted of child sex tourism and possessing child pornography. While a student at Indiana University, Fogle lost 245 lb (111 kg) between 1998 and 1999.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Jared Fogle
Name (Japanese)
ジャレド・フォーグル
Reading
じゃれど・ふぉーぐる
Born
August 23, 1977 (age 48)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Virgo / Snake
Origin
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Blood type
Private
Height
Private
Agency
Private
Occupation
spokesperson / actor

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
North Central High School
University
Indiana University

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • Indiana
  • spokesperson
  • actor
Last updated
2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.