Emma Grede opens up about building billion-dollar brands, unlearning “old thoughts,” and why too many Black women are still unprepared for money conversations.
Talk to Emma Grede for even just 5 minutes, and it will instantly make you want to go back and audit every excuse you’ve ever made.
It’s a Monday and she’s at home in LA, which, for her, almost never happens. For someone who is a founding partner of SKIMS, co-founder and CEO of Good American, chairwoman of The Fifteen Percent Pledge, a board member of The Obama Foundation, and a mother of four, a quiet Monday doesn’t really exist. She’s been on the road for Start With Yourself, which is her debut book out April 14th, and look, if we’re being honest, the book could sell itself. She is, by any measure, one of the most powerful women in business right now.
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