Vicky Tsai: Tatcha Founder

Second Life

Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Vicky Tsai founded her skincare company, Tatcha, with the goal of helping heal people’s skin and soul. But while Vicky’s a major player in the beauty space now, it took years of trial and error to find work that matched her values. She first began her career on Wall Street as a derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch in New York City, but after witnessing 9/11 firsthand, she left her job to attend Harvard Business School for a fresh start. She interned at SK-II, then took a job at Starbucks in China, and later joined a tech startup focused on sustainability. Even with a successful career, Vicky still struggled to find her purpose, while simultaneously dealing with acute dermatitis on her skin. Then, 10 years into her corporate position, she decided to choose her own happiness. With no plan and a mountain of debt, she quit her job and began traveling. While visiting Kyoto, she learned about the beauty practices of geisha, and soon afterward, her skin was healed. She knew she had to find a way to bring her learnings to the masses, and with the help of geisha and cultural advisors, Tatcha was born.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of who
0:10.6	what wear and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:19.0	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting aside their doubts or fears,
0:25.9	and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:29.7	Today I'm speaking with the founder of Tacha, Vicky Sai.
0:34.8	Tacha is a skin care company that combines Japanese botanicals
0:39.0	with clinically backed ingredients
0:41.2	to help heal people's skin and soul.
0:44.0	Though Vicky is a major player in the skin care space now,
0:47.0	it took years of trial and error
0:50.0	to find work that matched her values.
0:52.0	She first began her career on Wall Street. to find work that matched her values.
0:52.6	She first began her career on Wall Street
0:55.2	as a derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch in New York City.
0:59.0	While there, she witnessed firsthand the September 11th attacks on the Twin Towers, and we actually recorded
1:04.8	this episode on the 22nd anniversary of that day.
1:08.8	Please note that Vicky and I do share our experiences of being in New York City on 9-11, so if you want to avoid that content,
1:16.5	you'll want to skip ahead to around the 15 or 16-minute mark.
1:20.6	Through that traumatic experience, Vicky realized that she needed to find more fulfilling work and ultimately left her finance job to attend Harvard Business School for a fresh start.
1:32.0	She first interned at SK2 and then took a job with
1:35.8	Starbucks in China and later joined a tech startup focused on sustainability.
1:41.6	However, Vicky was still struggling
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