Jamie Kern Lima

Jamie Kern Lima is a self-made entrepreneur and co-founder of IT Cosmetics, which she started in her living room in 2008 and sold to L'Oréal for $1.2 billion in 2016, becoming the first female CEO in L'Oréal's history. She is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, philanthropist, and keynote speaker recognized on Forbes' America's Richest Self-Made Women list. Her journey from a Denny's waitress to billion-dollar entrepreneur exemplifies perseverance through rejection and self-doubt.