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Mary Kay Ash

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (May 12, 1915-November 22, 2001)
    CEO and Founder of Mary Kay Inc (a cosmetic company)
    Autobiography is entitled 'You Can Have It All'

Why she might be annoying:

    She gave her top sales people Cadillacs, only problem was that they were pink.
    She said: 'There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.'
    She wears a bumble bee pin, citing that the bee works hard and flies even though it should not be able.
    She was divorced.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She said: 'We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.'
    She had a stroke (1976).
    One month after retiring, she took her life savings of $5,000 and founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (September 13, 1963), that was Friday the 13th.
    Three times, her company made the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.
    Her company boasts 500,000 independent consultants.
    She started a charitable campaign against cancer, after her husband Mel died of cancer (1980).
    As the last sibling to leave her home, she had to help her parents, of whom her father was permanently disabled by tuberculosis.
    She said: 'When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 95 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 125 Votes: 58.40% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 239 Votes: 60.67% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 286 Votes: 67.48% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 674 Votes: 65.73% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1949 Votes: 72.96% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 811 Votes: 53.27% Annoying