Kathy Ireland

Kathy Ireland, chair, CEO, and chief designer of kathy ireland® Worldwide, is a fashion and home industry icon, whose unprecedented, American entrepreneurial success, inspired the term, model-preneur. Kathy's first novel, Fashion Jungle, is coauthored with New York Times bestselling author, Rachel Van Dyken. Kathy entered the "jungle" as a teenager, sheltered by loving parents, John and Barbara, of Santa Barbara, California. She has been featured on the covers of Vogue, Teen, and Cosmopolitan, and the all-time bestselling cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Kathy is the supermodel turned supermogul, hailed by Harper's Bazaar as the most successful "model in the world."