29 min
Untold Story #125: Meet Perla Tamez World's Greatest Women
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- Business
Today’s woman grew up in an immigrant family from Mexico. From an early age, she was exposed to what it was like to be an entrepreneur and she knew she wanted to be one. In school, she was popular and loved being social. But she was also smart and by the age of 16 she already had 52 college credits. Speech therapy caught her attention and this became her major in college. At the age of 22 she started her first company with a $100,000 loan. Over the next 14 years she generated over $100 million in revenue from 17 startups in 7 different industries. Today she has turned much of her attention to philanthropy as she strives to get back to others. It is my pleasure to introduce you to Perla Tamez.
Today’s woman grew up in an immigrant family from Mexico. From an early age, she was exposed to what it was like to be an entrepreneur and she knew she wanted to be one. In school, she was popular and loved being social. But she was also smart and by the age of 16 she already had 52 college credits. Speech therapy caught her attention and this became her major in college. At the age of 22 she started her first company with a $100,000 loan. Over the next 14 years she generated over $100 million in revenue from 17 startups in 7 different industries. Today she has turned much of her attention to philanthropy as she strives to get back to others. It is my pleasure to introduce you to Perla Tamez.
29 min