Last Updated on July 13, 2019 by Noah Anusta
Sophia as a top American entrepreneur became one of the Inspirations for all the newcomers in the field of the business world. She is one of those people who rose to fame all by her hard work, passion, and dedication.
As a dropped out of community college student and arrested in the case of stealing how she became one of the Youngest Richest Self-Made Women scroll below to know.
Bio and wiki of Sophia Amoruso
An American businesswoman, Sophia celebrates her birthday every year on 20th April. In 1984 she was born in San Diego, California. Belonging to the Greek, Italian, and Portuguese descents while she holds an American Nationality. She had grown up in the Greek Orthodox church. Currently, she is 35 years old. There are no details on her Family background including her parent’s names and their profession.
Educational Background of Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso had dropped out of school and began homeschooling after finding her depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in her adolescence. At a very young age, she had done a job at a Subway restaurant, and in a bookstore and a record shop.
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After completing her high school her parents got divorced and she moved to Sacramento, California. As an adult, she had lived a nomadic lifestyle, hitchhiking on the West Coast, dumpster diving, and stealing.
She had also attended community college where she was working in the Academy of Art University lobby checking student IDs.
Sophia Amoruso’s Career
Talking about the career of Sophia, she started her journey from a very young age. At the age of 22 while working in the as a security guard at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University she opened an online eBay store, which she called Nasty Gal Vintage, named after the 1975 album by funk singer and style icon Betty Davis. Her store contains vintage clothing and other items.
The first item she sold was a book named Nasty Gal Vintage, the stolen book. Later which was styled, photographed, captioned, and shipped the products herself using what she was taught in a photography class.
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In 2008, she claimed that her eBay store got banned because of hyperlink post in feedback to customers. Later she launched Nasty Gal. Where her hard work pays off and the brand developed an online following of young women on social media. Later her revenues increased from $223,000 in 2008 to almost $23 million in 2011.
After her huge success, she became “a Cinderella of tech”. In 2013, Business Insider named Sophia Amoruso one of the sexiest CEOs alive.
Apart from this, she had also founded Girlboss Media, a company that creates editorial content, videos, and podcasts aimed at a female audience.
She is active on Instagram with more than 620 thousand followers.
Net worth and salary of Sophia
As the CEO of Nasty Gal, she had earned a huge name and fame in her lifetime career. The net worth of the talented Sophia has been estimated at around $250 million US dollars. About her exact annual salary, it is under review yet. There is no doubt that her net worth and salary will increase in the upcoming years.
Who is the Husband of Sophia or she is dating someone?
After dating a few years the gorgeous had tied her knot with famous musician Joel Jarek DeGraff. Sadly their relationship did not last long. They got divorced after a few years of marriage. The divorce also brought her a loss of around $48k which she had to give to DeGraff as couple support and also for rent.
After her divorce, she is currently dating another guy named Galen Pehrson. She often shared her happiness through social media by sharing photos. On the occasion Valentine’s Day she was praising him and pouring love by saying Galen is her best friend, best lover and the love of her life.
Although her ex-husband is enjoying his life with some unknown girl.
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