Sophia Hutchins

About

Sophia Hutchins (April 1, 1996 – July 2, 2025) was an American socialite, media personality, businesswoman, charity executive and model. She was best known as the manager of Caitlyn Jenner, the chief executive officer and director of the Caitlyn Jenner Foundation, and the founder CEO of the sunscreen company LUMASOL.

Hutchins was born in Bellevue, Washington on April 1, 1996. Her parents divorced when she was young. She was raised Roman Catholic in Washington by her single mom before moving to live with her maternal grandparents in Seattle. She attended Auburn Riverside High School, a public secondary school, in Auburn, before transferring to Eastside Catholic School, a private secondary school, in Sammamish.
In 2016, Hutchins came out as a transgender woman and received gender-affirming surgery. She cited Caitlyn Jenner as her inspiration for coming out as a freshman at Pepperdine University, which she attended on an academic scholarship. She graduated in 2019, with her Bachelor of Science degree in economics and finance. While attending Pepperdine, she became the first openly transgender person to serve in the student government and was the first openly…