Tory Burch is an American fashion designer. She ranked 88th in the list of most powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine in 2020. Her success story shows that women in the fashion industry can achieve such titles too. She is currently Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of her own brand.
Early Life:—
On the seventeenth of June 1966, Tory Burch was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.
After her graduation, she moved to NYC, in which she started working below Zoran and then have become a author at Harper’s Bazaar. In fact, she worked as a PR agent for Vera Wang & Polo Ralph Lauren.
In 2004, Tory Burch started her very own label as a partner together along with her then-husband Christopher Burch (1996-2008). The fashion empress Tory Burch packaged her signature boho prep style and distribute it to the hundreds in much less than 10 years. Her employer has been on the last track, making her one of the youngest female self-made billionaires.
Memorable Works:—
Burch set up the Tory Burch Foundation in 2009. This organisation offers an entrepreneurial education program. Also, this program is in collaboration with Goldman Sachs & Babson College.
The program facilitates ladies marketers with the aid of using mentoring and constructing networks simultaneously.
During the pandemic, her employer provided $5 million of clothing, and 3,000 yards of fabric for face mask and medical institution gowns, to frontline healthcare workers.
Besides her foundation, Tory Burch has been a board member of famend organizations. Like the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Breast Cancer Research Foundation & many more.
Awards & Recognition:—
2005 Best New Retail Concept from the Fashion Group International
2007 Accessory Brand Launch of the year award at the Accessories Council Excellence Awards
2008 Accessories Designer of the Year at Council of Fashion Designers of America
2015 Sandra Taub Humanitarian Award at Breast Cancer Research Foundation
2019 Glamour Woman of the Year.
2020 88th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes
Lesson to Learn:—
Tory Burch didn’t go to business school or a design school, but she managed to reach the top. She didn’t even have a grand five-year plan before starting her business. When she started her business she was a full-time mom but that didn’t stop her.
Beyond all the odds, she is a boss to more than 2500 employees oversee. Like Tory Burch once said-“If it doesn’t scare you, you’re probably not dreaming big enough.”
Courtesy: Failure Before Success