Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, and Founder of Skinnygirl
Bethenny Frankel: Biography at a Glance
- Bethenny Frankel is an entrepreneur, speaker, reality TV star, bestselling author, and founder of Skinnygirl.
- While starring on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Frankel started as a natural foods chef before single-handedly creating the low-calorie cocktail category with the launch of her Skinnygirl Cocktails.
- Skinnygirl has since expanded into a $100 million dollar lifestyle empire featuring products for women that offer practical solutions to everyday problems.
- In her latest book, Business is Personal: The Truth About What it Takes to Be Successful While Staying True to Yourself, Bethenny shares the important tips and tricks she used to build a business and maintain balance as a media personality, mogul, and mother.
- Frankel started her own TV production company, B Real Productions, producing two seasons of FYI’s Food Porn, and creating, producing, and starring in Bravo’s new real estate show, Bethenny & Fredrik.
- A notable philanthropist, she also created the BStrong initiative in partnership with Global Empowerment Mission to provide emergency assistance to people in crisis including support for Ukraine, survivors of hurricanes and other natural disasters, and those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Bethenny Frankel is an entrepreneur speaker, reality TV star, bestselling author, and founder of Skinnygirl. While starring on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Frankel single-handedly created the low-calorie cocktail category with the launch of her Skinnygirl Cocktails.
Bethenny is a businesswoman ahead of the curve who has always identified and capitalized on business opportunities. From becoming a natural foods chef where she marketed Bethenny Bakes, her healthy baked goods, to selling “Princess Pashminas” at house parties, and ultimately creating the first low-calorie cocktail category with the launch of Skinnygirl Cocktails. A true entrepreneur, to further build Skinnygirl Cocktails, Bethenny partnered with Beam Suntory in 2011 to grow the portfolio to include wines, flavored vodkas, and ready-to-drink cocktails. Skinnygirl has since expanded into a $100 million dollar lifestyle empire featuring products for women that offer practical solutions to everyday problems. Frankel also started her own TV production company, B Real Productions, producing two seasons of FYI’s Food Porn, and creating, producing, and starring in Bravo’s new real estate show, Bethenny & Fredrik.
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Business is Personal: The Truth About What it Takes to Be Successful While Staying True to Yourself
New York Times bestselling author and successful businesswoman Bethenny Frankel shares the important tips and tricks she used to build a business and maintain balance as a media personality, mogul, and mother. This conversation blends her smartest and most practical no-nonsense business principles and tactics with the compelling stories and lessons from her own entrepreneurial journey. She also shares wisdom from her conversations with highly accomplished people from Mark Cuban to Hillary Clinton, Candace Bushnell to Matthew McConaughey, and many more, on what it takes to be successful at every level in an authentic way.
Whether new to business, a seasoned rainmaker, pivoting from a loss or layoff– or just finding their way– every type of audience will find value in Bethenney's candid conversation and will walk away with the handbook to navigate what will come next.
