Personal Life
She was born and brought up in Budapest, Hungary, to a Hungarian Jewish family. She now lives in Lubbock, Texas. In 1994, Polgar married computer consultant Jacob Shutzman, and moved to New York. They have two sons, Tom (born 1999) and Leeam (born 2000). She later divorced. In December 2006, she married her longtime business manager and friend, Paul Truong.
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