Awards & Recognition
★Forbes 50 over 50 list 2021
★Inc. Female Founders 100 list 2018
★Entrepreneur's 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs 2018
★Fast Company's Most Creative People In Business 2018
★Forbes 40 over 40
★Vanity Fair's New Establishment list 2017
★Business of Fashion BoF500 2016 and 2017
★San Francisco Business Times Most Admired CEOs 2014 and 2017
★Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurship Award from Purdue University 2017
★Parsons Table Award 2019
★Fashion Group International Innovation in Retail e-Commerce Award 2016
★Springboard Enterprises Northstar Award 2016
Notable Facts
→Founded The RealReal in 2011 and took it public in 2019, one of only 33 women to take companies public
→Previously CEO of Pets.com during dot-com crash, shutting it down in 2000
→Founded new startup Ahara in 2023 at age 66, raising $10.3 million in seed funding
→Has taken two companies public - rare achievement for any entrepreneur
→Estimated net worth of $49.2 million based on RealReal holdings
→Graduated from Purdue University in 1979
→Started RealReal at age 53 and grew it to billion-dollar valuation
→Author of 2025 memoir chronicling entrepreneurial journey