Bobbi Brown

2. Bobbi Brown (Katarina Kroslakova, 2012) is a New York-based make-up artist who started the trend of natural make up in the 1980s. Her company was purchased by Estee Lauder in 1995 and is worth in excess of $US 500 million). Her advice:

- follow your dreams and passions;

- have a clear vision of where you want to go to and then work out how to get there;

- don't take "no" for an answer; find other ways of doing it;

- if you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything;

- have both short-term and long-term goals and work out how you want to accomplish them; be patient in achieving them;

- work on your expertise and network;

- be polite and work hard;

- listen to your instinct as well as your head in decision-making.