
Don Draper is the Creative Director at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency (where he is also a partner). He lives in Ossining, New York, with his wife Betty and their two children Sally and Bobby. He’s had extramarital affairs with Midge Daniels, a freelance illustrator, and Rachel Menken, a client of Sterling Cooper.
Don is also harboring a secret: Namely, that he was born Dick Whitman, the son of a prostitute who died during childbirth, and is now assuming the identity of Lt. Donald Draper, an officer he served under during the Korean War. The truth of his identity threatened to ruin his career when Pete Campbell discovered the ruse and tried to blackmail him. In actuality, Pete's attack had no effect.