October comes and so does breast cancer awareness month. As a company supporting entrepreneurs in their dreams, we want to take this opportunity to highlight famous and strong entrepreneurs that are also breast cancer survivors.
Being an entrepreneur is a journey like no other and we applaud and admire those amazing warriors who took another journey alongside them. Here is a humble list of the ladies who are Breast Cancer Survivors and have left their mark in the business world.
1. Jaclyn Smith: Jaclyn is best known for her role as Kelly Garrett in the TV Show Charlie’s Angels. In addition to this role and other films, she develops and markets her own brands of clothing and perfumes; introducing her first collection of women’s apparel for Kmart.
2. Suzanne Somers: Best known for her roles in Three’s Company and Step by Step, Sommers is also an author, singer, and health spokesperson.
3. Georgia Frontiere: A businesswoman and entertainer, she was the majority owner and chairperson of the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams football team. It is interesting to note that the Rams made the playoffs 14 seasons, reached the Super Bowl three times and won the championship game once in 2000 while Frontiere was in charge.
4. Naomi Sims: She was the first African American model to appear on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal in 1968. In 1973 she retired from modeling and started her own business which eventually expanded into a multimillion-dollar empire.
5. Evelyn Lauder: She was the Senior Corporate Vice President of the Estee Lauder Companies. She also created the Clinique brand name and developed its product line.
6. Carly Fiorina: The first women to lead a Top-20 company, Fiorina was the CEO for Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 1999-2005. She’s also served as Fund Chair for One Woman Initiative (OWI) and is Chair and CEO of the Fiorina Foundation.
7. Teresa Heinz: She serves as the Chair of the Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies and has received honorary doctoral degrees in 12 institutions.
While there are many more successful and amazing entrepreneurs, we want to pay respect to these strong ladies in their journeys and all entrepreneurs whose have gone through breast cancer. National Transaction always supports all who want to pursue their dreams.
October 3rd, 2018 by Admin
