• Hilary Swank and Philip Schneider recently got married in a secret California ceremony.
• The couple has been secretly engaged for two years.
• Philip Schneider is a social venture entrepreneur, according to Vogue.
• He is also credited on IMDB as the property master for films like "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "Marley & Me."

Hilary Swank has joined the ranks of celebrities who prefer to minimize wedding hullabaloo.

In a feature published on Tuesday, August 21, Swank revealed to Vogue that she had privately tied the knot with Philip Schneider, to whom she had been secretly engaged for two years.

The couple has kept their relationship very private,  having stepped out together very few times — occasionally watching tennis matches, and once vacationing in Switzerland— and gave no notice of their impending nuptials.

So who exactly is Swank's new husband?

Schneider is an entrepreneur.

In Vogue's feature, he is described as a "social venture entrepreneur," which Forbes describes as a means of "combining capitalism with a do-gooder mentality."

Many social entrepreneurs invest in businesses that strive to tackle global issues, "such as alleviating hunger, improving education, and combating climate change," according to Forbes.

He has also worked in the film industry.

IMDB lists Schneider as the property master for numerous films, including "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "Marley & Me." According to the website, he has been working in this field since 1987, when he landed a job as the property assistant on "Campus Man."

He also boasts an actor credit for a recurring role as Heshie on the former Starz drama "Magic City."

He met Swank on a blind date.

Swank told Vogue that their first date lasted nearly the entire day, despite never having laid eyes on each other beforehand.

"It was a blind date set up by actor Misha Collins’s wife Vicki and another close friend Jean. We met at 10:00 a.m. and parted ways at 11:00 p.m.," she said. "We clearly enjoyed our time!"

He shares a love of nature with his wife.

Schneider popped the question in 2016, a year and a half after they met, while the couple was vacationing in Colorado.

"We stumbled upon a beautiful sanctuary deep in the mountains," Swank told Vogue. "It had a stunning waterfall that cascades down to rustic cabins built in the 1800s surrounded by beautiful pines and big skies. One evening, Philip dropped to his knee in front of the waterfall and proposed."

True to form, both Swank and Schneider knew they wanted to get married outdoors in California, according to Vogue.

They exchanged vows beneath a collection of 800-year-old redwood trees in Carmel, California. The stunning photos published by Vogue illustrate a rustic, intimate wedding.

"It was timeless. There is just no other way to describe it," Swank told Vogue. "I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying the man of my dreams and to see all the people we love together in the middle of such a profound setting. It was truly a dream come true."

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