Emma Grede

Work-life balance is your problem. It isn't the employer's responsibility. Look, I have four kids and I had to figure out how I would think about my own ambition balanced with my parenting. That's true. And we have to have a level of honesty about what it takes to be really successful.

Work-life balance is your problem. It isn't the employer's responsibility. Look, I have four kids and I had to figure out how I would think about my own ambition balanced with my parenting. That's true. And we have to have a level of honesty about what it takes to be really successful.

No, no, no. If it's possible, tell me who she is and I'll show you a liar.

No, no, no. If it's possible, tell me who she is and I'll show you a liar.

Where did you get these photos?

Where did you get these photos?

I feel like this person was like dying to escape her circumstances. I was raised by a single mom, one of four girls, and I had a very big hand in raising them to help my mom keep our family afloat. But I thank God every day for the type of upbringing that I had because it was hammered into me that nothing is going to come easy. And that made me who I am. Gritty.

I feel like this person was like dying to escape her circumstances. I was raised by a single mom, one of four girls, and I had a very big hand in raising them to help my mom keep our family afloat. But I thank God every day for the type of upbringing that I had because it was hammered into me that nothing is going to come easy. And that made me who I am. Gritty.

Fast forward, and I'm an apparel CEO, someone who goes out and raises hundreds of millions of dollars, somebody who starts an agency in multiple countries. I have zero qualifications to do any of that. Like, I didn't have talent as a designer, but I will just make it happen.

Fast forward, and I'm an apparel CEO, someone who goes out and raises hundreds of millions of dollars, somebody who starts an agency in multiple countries. I have zero qualifications to do any of that. Like, I didn't have talent as a designer, but I will just make it happen.

What a great way to start. I think that that's a great question for me because so much of who I am and how I feel about who I am comes from where I'm from. And, you know, I say all the time I'm from East London. I like to make that distinction because I feel like such a Londoner and I feel like that, you know, being from East London, coming from that place is so much a part of my character.

What a great way to start. I think that that's a great question for me because so much of who I am and how I feel about who I am comes from where I'm from. And, you know, I say all the time I'm from East London. I like to make that distinction because I feel like such a Londoner and I feel like that, you know, being from East London, coming from that place is so much a part of my character.

It's so much a part of... what is important to me, like that idea of being, you know, someone that is reliable, someone that is honest, not just, you know, sometimes, but all the time. And I'm one of four girls, I was raised by a single mum, and it was so much kind of,

It's so much a part of... what is important to me, like that idea of being, you know, someone that is reliable, someone that is honest, not just, you know, sometimes, but all the time. And I'm one of four girls, I was raised by a single mum, and it was so much kind of,

hammered into me that this is where you're from this is not where you need to stay the world is your oyster you can do anything you're just going to have to work really really hard and I think all around me I saw a lot of people that were working hard I saw a lot of people that were hustling and doing what they needed to do just to get through the day but I had this feeling very much inside of me that if I wanted more for myself it was all completely within reach and I think that really came from this

hammered into me that this is where you're from this is not where you need to stay the world is your oyster you can do anything you're just going to have to work really really hard and I think all around me I saw a lot of people that were working hard I saw a lot of people that were hustling and doing what they needed to do just to get through the day but I had this feeling very much inside of me that if I wanted more for myself it was all completely within reach and I think that really came from this

like East London mentality and all the people that are around me.

like East London mentality and all the people that are around me.

I am indeed.

I am indeed.