 Name of the Entrepreneur

Vera Wang

 Business Name

Fashion Designer

 Background of Entrepreneur

Vera Ellen Wang was born on June 27, 1949 in New York City her father is

Cheng Ching Wang and her mother is Florence Wu. A former figure skater, Wang was

senior fashion editor at Vogue for 17 years and then a design director for Ralph Lauren.

She designed her own wedding dress, then opened o bridal boutique and soon

launched her own signature collection. Now hugely popular, she has a large Hollywood

following and also designs lingerie, jeweler and home product.

 Facts about Him

 Wang is a pop culture figure.

 She has a devoted following among the world’s famous Hollywood

actresses and singers.

 She loves figure skating.

 Wang comes from a famous and moneyed family.

 Wang zodiac sign is Cancer.

• School Attended
 Sarah Lawrence College, School of American Ballet

University of Paris

 Great mentor whom he cannot forgot, why

The great mentor of Vera Wang is Ralph Lauren because Ralph Lauren is also a

business person who designs and he is a great example to become Vera Wang’s

mentor.

 Motivation in Life

Wang demonstrated strong determination when she first started. It came for her

personal experience of not having a variety of bridal wear to choose from. She was

determined to create a solution for this and its characteristic led her to puts through all

obstacle.

 Influences of taking professional career

One of things that influences me the most is our culture, the American culture,

probably more now than ever before. I mean a lot of designers are focused on Paris,

there is no question. But I think for Vera, at this particular time, in this particular

decade, the American sense of style has yet again come to the forefront.

 Challenges met towards reaching success

Vera Wang ended up shelving skating for the Vogue magazine because she

didn’t end up being accepted onto the 1968 U.S Olympic figure skating team. Not only
this, but when Wang work for Vogue she was passed from senior editor to editor in

chief (CEO). This is the big step down in ranking of position.

 Success story as an entrepreneur and ordinary citizen

Her childhood dream was to become an Olympic figure skater. She trained hard

for it but alas, it was not to be. That was her first heartbreak. While this gave her

considerable unhappiness, she refused to be halted in her pursuit for prominence. Soon

she found herself driven to the world of creative allure clothes.

At 24, her lifestyle was spinning out of control as an editor, and her love for

designing clothes had taken the proverbial backseat. Unable to quite take the plunge,

Vera finally quit the magazine when she was rejected for the position of Vogue’s editor-

in-chief. Stung and bruised, she did not let the sad turn of events dampen her spirits.

Her fame had already reached the right ears and soon she found herself designing

accessories for Ralph Lauren. Finally venting out all her bottled up creative energies.

But the melancholic fact always stared her in the face her name had failed to appear on

the Olympic billboard and continued to elude its presence on the labels that she

designed.

 Her philosophy in Life

“Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.”