S1 E8: Jo Malone: From a London council estate to fragrance pioneer
Big Fish with Spencer Matthews
Global
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Jo Malone’s name is synonymous with luxury, but Jo didn’t grow up with wealth. She was raised on a council estate in South East London and left school without any qualifications. Jo built the luxury fragrance brand Jo Malone London with her husband, Gary, and sold the company in 1999 to Estee Lauder. She left the business a few years later, after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and was given only 9 months to live. As part of the Lauder deal, she wasn’t allowed to enter the industry for 5 years. Jo felt utterly lost, so she started a new brand, Jo Loves. Jo is so honest in this episode and tells me about the mistakes she made building her second company, after the huge success of the first.
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| 0:18.8 | See online for more details. |
| 0:25.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | I produced 40,000 bottles, and I couldn't sell 1,000 of them. |
| 0:32.8 | And I wanted to quit every day for two years. |
| 0:35.6 | I would cry and I would think, what a fool I've been. |
| 0:44.2 | Hi, I'm Spencer Matthews and welcome to Big Fish. |
| 0:49.5 | Join me each week as I sit down with famous CEOs, fantastic entrepreneurs, incredible designers and other famous faces to discuss what it takes to be the best. |
| 0:57.6 | Most people have heard of the name Joe Malone, but who is the woman that founded the |
| 1:02.1 | international luxury brand? Joe grew up on a council estate in Southeast London and left |
| 1:06.1 | school without a single qualification. She built Joe Malone London with her husband Gary |
| 1:10.0 | and sold the company in 1999 to Estée Lauder. She left Joe Malone London with her husband Gary and sold the company in |
| 1:11.1 | 1999 to Estée Lauder. She left the company a few years later after she was diagnosed with an |
| 1:16.0 | aggressive form of breast cancer and was given just nine months to live. Joe is so honest in this |
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