[Outliers] Mary Kay Ash: The Greatest Saleswoman In History

Farnam Street
by Vicky
November 27, 2025
How do you get ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results? Mary Kay Ash built a two-billion-dollar company by solving that specific problem. After watching men she trained get promoted above her for double the salary, she quit to build a company based on a radical idea: meritocracy. This episode breaks down how she did it. … The post [Outliers] Mary Kay Ash: The Greatest Saleswoman In History appeared first on Farnam Street.
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Originally published on Farnam Street on 11/27/2025