Multi-talented, multi-award-winning Michelle Mone is one of the UK’s most successful self-made women. She?s not only the ultra-glamorous Baroness of Mayfair, but also founded the UK?s leading designer lingerie line, Ultimo Brands International, promoted by high-profile names including Helena Christensen, Penny Lancaster and Mel B.
She?s also a global ambassador for Bentley and British Airways, a reality TV star and a high-end interior designer. She has a highly-successful jewellery collection for QVC and has just announced her partnership with Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, for ?game-changing? EQUI Global.
Lady Michelle Mone talks to Angela Sara West about her expanding business empire, her global property portfolio, her top tips for entrepreneurs and working with ?Woz?. Baroness Mone of Mayfair is among the UK?s most successful entrepreneurs. Despite growing up in an impoverished part of Glasgow, Scotland, and leaving school at 15 with no qualifications after her father became ill, she lives a life of luxury and enjoys an expansive, and ever-expanding, multi-million-pound business empire spanning multiple industries.
Her rise to fame and fortune began with Ultimo, the ultra-successful lingerie brand she launched in London?s Selfridges in 1999. She went on to create the award-winning fake tanning range, UTan, and a best-selling jewellery range for QVC. She now has several new strings to her business bow?
A business baroness
Michelle?s entrepreneurial spirit kicked i...