5. Hayley Barna – Birchbox
Hayley Barna (pictured on the right, above) and the next lady on our list (Katia Beauchamp, left – we’ll get to her in a minute), made their fortune together. These two college friends started their own company, Birchbox, in 2010, after graduating from Harvard’s MBA program together.
Birchbox is a women’s beauty supply company, and in just six years, it has grown from a teensy startup the girls were running out of their apartment into a billion-dollar player in the cosmetics industry.
Originally one half of Birchbox, Hayley Barna was instrumental in founding Birchbox and growing the company massively. However, Barna stepped down from her role as co-CEO in 2015, although she is still involved with the company, serving on the board of directors. In any case, this 31-year old beauty made a killing in starting the company, and is still gorgeous as ever.
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