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Kimberly Weisul

Marcia Kilgore revels in the fact that she's never had a "real" job--at least, if one doesn't consider building five successful companies over nearly three decades to be hard work. In 1991, the former aesthetician founded her first company, Bliss Spa, out of a single room in downtown New York City. Eight years later, LVMH bought a majority stake for $30 million. In 2006, the Saskatchewan native launched Soap and Glory, which reportedly sold for $50 million to the British drugstore giant Boots.