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☆ CNBC Changemakers: Fortune 500 CEOs, Naomi Osaka and Alex Cooper share a success secret
  + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Julia Boorstin | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Leading the way are health care, with 22%; tech, with 14%; and consumer products and financial services, tied at 10%. Kate Ryder is closing major gaps in women's and family health care with Maven. Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and chief operating officer at Cloudflare, is giving companies AI tools to bolster cybersecurity and lower costs for vulnerable, critical infrastructure providers, including schools and local election systems. The Changemakers serve as a reminder that success is a result of leading in ways that are authentic. In the book she explored the concept of "reformers" — women working to fix broken systems.
Persons: Anat Ashkenazi, Eli Lilly, Svanika Balasubramanian, Bobbie, Laura Modi, Baby2Baby, Norah Weinstein, Kelly Sawyer Patricof, Alex Cooper, Tracee Ellis Ross, Naomi Osaka, Balasubramanian, Jessica Chang, Maayan Cohen, Kate Ryder, Maven, Monique Rodriguez, Jessica Berman, Kathy Hannun, Clara Shih, Michelle Zatlyn, Kristin Peck, Julia Boorstin Organizations: CNBC, U.S, RePurpose Global, rePurpose, Women's Soccer League, Dandelion Energy, cybersecurity Locations: Changemakers, Cloudflare
☆ This Black founder sold her company to P&G—why she says she’s ‘selling up,’ not selling out
  + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
On Jan. 11, Monique Rodriguez, founder and CEO of multi-million-dollar natural hair care brand Mielle Organics, announced she had sold her company to P&G Beauty, sending Black Twitter into a frenzy. "I don't wanna hear nothing about supporting Black businesses because the second Black companies get all the support they need from the Black dollar they hand everything over to the person with the biggest check," said one Twitter user. Some would consider selling your company — often for millions — to be a major accomplishment, but Black founders are continually scrutinized by their peers and customers for making this choice. However, when Dennis sold the brand to Unilever in for an estimated $1.6 billion, he was called a sellout. "If there were Black conglomerates, and Black, big, private equity firms and partnerships that allowed them to inject capital and allow us to grow, we would go to those Black companies," Rodriguez says.
☆ Mielle, in the spotlight after going viral on TikTok, joins P&G
  + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Nicole Shinn | Nicole Shinn Is An Nbc News Fellow. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Black-owned hair care brand Mielle Organics announced Wednesday that it will join P&G Beauty, which is part of the major conglomerate that owns some of the biggest personal care brands in the world, including Always and Olay. P&G Beauty will work with Mielle Organics to expand access to the brand in Black communities and fund research and innovation in hair care for underserved communities, Lela Coffey, vice president of P&G’s multicultural hair business, said in a statement. Mielle co-founder Monique Rodriguez said of the partnership, “I am thrilled that we will make an even greater impact in how we give back to the community.”This comes weeks after Mielle Organics became the subject of controversy after its rosemary mint scalp and strengthening oil went viral on TikTok. Mielle Organics. Najeera Williams, who owns the natural hair care brand Chairish Naturals and is a Mielle Organics customer, explained the collective concern among Black consumers in a TikTok post.
☆ 39-year-old self-made millionaire: 'Success isn't owned, it's rented. And rent is due every day'
  + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
The 39-year-old founded Mielle Organics, a natural hair care brand, in 2014 after a devastating loss reshaped life as she knew it. At the time, Rodriquez had an almost decade-long career in nursing, a field her family reassured her was "recession-proof." Here's how Rodriquez navigated funding as a Black woman and the best career advice she's ever received. Yet, only 3% of Black women were operating mature businesses, indicating systemic discrimination in VC and funding — something that Rodriquez knows all too well. "Being a Black woman starting a company, the banks don't believe in you.
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