Lillian Vernon
Entrepreneur
Businesswoman best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the household and fashion retail company the Lillian Vernon Corporation.
She placed her first advertisement in Seventeen magazine for $2000 at age 24.
Her company the Lillian Vernon Corporation became the first corporation owned by a woman to be traded on the American Stock Exchange.
She married three times and had two sons, Fred and David.
She was appointed as head of the White House National Business Women's Council by United States President Bill Clinton.