Equal parts coach, designer and businesswoman, Holly Hunt set out not to take over the interiors landscape but to support her family after a divorce. In the process, she built her own empire—and sold it to Knoll for $95 million.
My first job after college was in retail, and I learned everything I know about business in those four years at the department store. The rest has come as I’ve grown and gone through experiences.
I decided to be in the business when I was already doing the business. My ex-husband and I had decided to buy a small showroom and grow it. I had been buying from some of these showrooms—I had designed a lot of my own houses and apartments during the years I was married—so I understood a lot of problems with those businesses. They were crowded, seldom had a clear point of view, and it was hard to get good customer service.
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