Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart
Martha Helen Stewartis an American businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising, and electronic commerce. She has written numerous bestselling books, is the publisher of the Martha Stewart Living magazine, and hosted two long-running syndicated television shows, Martha, which ran from 2005 to 2012, and Martha Stewart Living, which ran from 1993 to 2005...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth3 August 1941
CityJersey City, NJ
When I first went to Kmart, I was so excited that I could bring my kind of taste to the masses. They didn't have 100 percent cotton sheets at mass market in 1987. We made those in yellow and pink and pale blue.
I can't say where she is, ... This is a great way for us to end the summer - with Martha working by our side without the recent constraints on her time. We're excited to have Martha with us around the clock as we continue to create excellent products and entertaining programs.
For styling, I don't like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger's Texture Blast, which is like a hair spray, but just at the roots. I have really good hair, and I don't like to plaster it.
I am heartsick about my personal legal situation -- and deeply sorry for the pain and difficulties it has caused our employees.
I am taking this action today because it is in the best interests of MSO and because I think it's the right thing to do,
I am very excited about working with a live audience for the first time and relish the idea of hosting a series that is a one-stop destination for all things how-to.
If we had 50 foster homes we could fill them in 2 weeks,
I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.
I have been so much looking forward to starting anew this September, ... I have a great enthusiasm for living, a great enthusiasm for the kinds of things that living brings us. All those things we've been writing about and talking about and doing - this is my life and this is a really great way to spend time.
I did not want the media attention currently surrounding me to distract from the important work of the NYSE, and thus I felt it was appropriate to resign,
I didn't cheat the little people. ... We're all little people. I didn't cheat anybody out of anything.
Lesson number one, rule number one: You have to connect with your customer, ... If you're writing a children's book, you have to connect with the reader. Do you connect? Are you able to make an immediate connection with that publication that is going to be lasting, memorable, effective, teach a lesson or a moral? If you don't connect, you are not going to be successful.
Many, many people have suffered. People have lost jobs. I am very saddened and very, very sorry for that.
Many of the candidates were as accomplished or more so than I when I started to build my business. Even so, there are some explosive personalities among the candidates and they really create a lot of tension in the conference room.