Tory Burch - Embrace Ambition

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When Tory Burch launched her brand in 2004, she took the fashion industry by storm. She grew her brand into a worldwide success that now includes ready-to-wear, accessories, home and fragrance, shoes, and sport. From day one, Tory also made sure that social responsibility was an integral part of the company's vision. She launched The Tory Burch Foundation in 2009 and has been working ever since to empower female entrepreneurs by offering access to capital, education, and digital resources. On this episode, Tory opens up about getting her start in the fashion industry, why social responsibility should be a part of a business' bottom line, how she's empowering entrepreneurs and what it means to embrace ambition. Learn more about The Embrace Ambition Summit: http://www.toryburchfoundation.org/embraceambition/summit/ Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Marta Michelle Colon, Founder/Chief Attitude Strategist of Buena Gente Find out more: https://www.buenagente.com/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS: Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	I remember going to a conference and being introduced as a female CEO.
0:06.6	And I caught up and I just started laughing.
0:08.5	I was like, I have never in my life heard a man be introduced as a male CEO.
0:13.9	From ABC, it's no limits.
0:17.1	I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and influential women playing at the top of their game,
0:24.4	trying to demystify success and what it really takes to get there and all of the tradeoffs.
0:30.6	Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the right place.
0:37.9	On today's episode, the unlikely path that led Tori Birch to create one of the most
0:42.9	successful lifestyle and fashion brands in the world, the number one thing that drives her
0:47.9	and how she's empowering and enabling other entrepreneurs along the way.
0:52.8	Tori Birch, welcome to No Limits.
0:55.0	Thank you. I'm so happy to finally be here.
0:57.1	I'm thrilled to have you here.
0:58.7	You have been named one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes,
1:03.0	CEO and Chief Creative Officer of your own company, Tori Birch, bestselling author.
1:07.5	You recently launched the Tori Sport Line.
1:09.8	Plus, your foundation is working to empower female
1:13.2	entrepreneurs. Your shirt says across it, ambitious. Yes, well, we're launching our ambition
1:19.3	whole concept, and it's Ambition 2.0. We started last year, and it was a great success,
1:26.4	so we're super excited to continue the conversation.
1:28.8	Well, I'm really looking forward to talking about that with you here. Were you, as a kid,
1:33.4	growing up in Valley Forge? Were you ambitious? I think I was ambitious in many ways. I had three
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