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Tory Burch

πŸ‘€ Speaker
840 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

No, you're right.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

And I inherently am a risk taker and even a personal, I used to go bungee jumping.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

I used to do all these crazy sporty things that were probably not safe.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

So, but I have an older brother who helped me build the brand and he was always dialing me back.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

So I'm the one who is always pushing and then he would be pulling.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

And so we had this tension and I think that was very important.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

And he's still with me today.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

Is he still involved today?

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

Yes, I could never have done this company without him, Robert.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

And he really helped me.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

He came after the company was two years old.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

He sold his company.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

I convinced him to come on board and he's really helped me build it.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

When you look back, what do you think have been some of your personal biggest wins?

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

the foundation has to be a win.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

But I think the company, I look at it as a second family.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

Our employees are... I'm great at picking great talent and great people and surrounding myself with incredible people.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

So that's a win for me.

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

Have you always been good at that?

Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)

I think I am good at that.