Georgette Mosbacher
Georgette Mosbacher | |
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Georgette Mosbacher (left) in 2013 | |
Born |
Georgette Paulsin Highland, Indiana |
Residence | New York City |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Indiana University |
Employer | Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, Inc. |
Political party | Republican Party |
Website | GeorgetteMosbacher.com |
Georgette Mosbacher (born Georgette Paulsin; January 16, 1947) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, political activist, and author. Also chairman of the Green Beret Foundation advisory board,[1] she is known in the media as a Fox News contributor.[2] On November 19, 2015, it was announced the President Obama had nominated her as a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.[3] Mosbacher started her career as an executive in 1987 when she purchased the struggling cosmetics firm La Prairie, outbidding companies such as Revlon, Avon, and Estee Lauder.[4] After selling La Prairie in 1991 to Beiersdorf for a profit,[5] in the 1990s she founded Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, her own business and finance consulting company.[6] From 2000[7] to circa 2015 she served as CEO of Borghese,[7] a cosmetics manufacturer based in New York City.[8] Mosbacher authored two motivational books for women in the 1990s: Feminine Force through Simon & Schuster[9] and It Takes Money Honey through HarperCollins.[10]
Active in American politics, Mosbacher previously served as a co-chair of the Republican National Committee’s Finance Committee,[11][12] and she was the first woman to serve as the general chairman of the Republican Governors Association.[13] Mosbacher has been noted in the media for her private fundraising events since the 1990s,[14] and after supporting John McCains bid for senate in 1998,[15] she served as national co-chairman of McCain's 2000 presidential campaign[11][12][16] and also anchored fundraising efforts for campaigns such as Bush Cheney '04.[5] Involved with a number of non-profit organizations, in 1995[11] she founded the New York Center for Children,[11] which aims to assist abused children and their families.[17] A fellow at the Foreign Policy Association,[11] she is a board-member for Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and the Atlantic Council,[1][11] among other organizations.[18]
Early life and education
A native of Highland, Indiana,[15][19] Georgette Mosbacher (née Paulsin) was born to Dorothy (Bell) and George Paulsin.[4][15][20] Her father died in an automobile accident when she was young,[15] leaving the seven-year-old Georgette and her three younger siblings[21] under the care of their mother,[4] grandmother, and great-grandmother.[16] When her mother returned to work,[4] Mosbacher took on childcare duties for her[4] brother George[4] and two sisters, Melody and Lyn.[15]
Mosbacher attended high school in Highland, Indiana, graduating in 1965.[15] She went on to earn a B.S. in education[15] from Indiana University in 1970.[4][19] As an undergraduate student she worked three jobs in order to fund her education.[21] After graduating from Indiana University, Mosbacher moved to Chicago to take a job at an advertising firm.[19]
Business career
Mosbacher purchased the high-end cosmetics firm La Prairie in 1987, outbidding companies such as Revlon, Avon, and Estee Lauder.[4] Despite the fact that La Prairie had been struggling with sales,[22] she had raised the funds for the purchase[22] by pitching to investors and venture capitalists.[21] As primary owner[11] of the Switzerland-based company,[23] she also served as CEO[6] and president[23] for four years.[5] Among other changes,[4] she sold La Prairie in 1991 to Beiersdorf, a large personal care products provider based in Germany.[5][23]
After selling La Prairie, in the 1990s she founded her own consulting company,[6] Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises.[11][24] Described as an "international entrepreneurial and consulting business in New York City,"[11] she served as chairman[25] and CEO.[11][25] Mosbacher published her first book,[21] the semi-autobiographical and women’s motivational guide Feminine Force: Release the Power Within to Create the Life You Deserve, in 1993. Released through Simon & Schuster,[9] it had a foreword by Kathie Lee Gifford.[12] Her second book, It Takes Money Honey: A Get-Smart Guide to Total Financial Freedom, was also partly focused on finances, and was released through HarperCollins in 1998.[10]
After serving as a consultant to the company since 1999,[21] in 2000 Mosbacher was appointed chief executive officer of Borghese, a prominent cosmetics manufacturer based in New York City.[11] She also took on the role of president,[11] and by 2006 had been appointed chairwoman.[21] The Borghese brand had first started in the 14th century in Italy, using minerals and ingredients from Tuscany.[8] Upon becoming CEO, she closed half of the line's outlets to retain exclusivity, and reduced the number of items to focus on core products.[21] During her early years at Borghese, she helped the company expand its global operations and establish a wide distribution network in China.[13]
Political career
A longtime Republican,[26] Mosbacher served as a co-chair of the Republican National Committee’s Finance Committee,[11][12] and she has furthermore been involved with the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the New Republican Majority Fund.[15] She was New York State’s Republican National Committeewomen[26] for more than a decade,[13] and was also the first woman to serve as the general chairman of the Republican Governors Association,[13] a role she continued to hold as of 2001.[27] Mosbacher was a presidential appointee to the US Advisory Board for Trade Policy and Negotiations,[26] a gubernatorial appointee as a New York Commissioner of Racing, and a mayoral appointee for trustee of the New York Hudson River Park Trust.[26] She has also been involved with the National Women's Economic Alliance.[15] On November 19, 2015, it was announced the President Obama had nominated her as a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.[3]
Mosbacher has been noted in the media for her private fundraising events since the 1990s,[14][28] and after supporting John McCains bid for senate in 1998,[15] she served as national co-chairman of McCain's 2000 presidential campaign.[11][12][16] Mosbacher also anchored fundraising efforts for Bush Cheney '04, John McCain 2008, George W. Bush for President,[5] John Ashcroft 2000, John McCain 2008, and McCain-Palin Victory 2008.[15] Other American politicians she has fundraised for include Fred Thompson, Dick Lugar, Rudy Giuliani, Roy Blunt, Mitt Romney, and David Dreier.[15]
In the media
In relation to both business and politics,[25] Mosbacher has lent her opinions and personal anecdotes to several radio and television programs, including CNN’s Pinnacle, The Today Show, Larry King Live,[18] Fox Business,[2] C-SPAN,[29] and This Weekend with Lou Dobbs.[12] She has also been interviewed by publications such as Small Business Advocate[30] and the Wall Street Journal,[31] and a number of her op-eds have been published in publications such as the Washington Times[32] and Financial Times, covering topics such as health care for war veterans.[33] While she generally takes a Republican standpoint in relation to political issues, she has at times expressed frustration with Republican candidates and politicians,[12] for example over incidents such as Congress stalling the vote on aid for Hurricane Sandy in 2012.[34]
Charity work and boards
For several decades, Mosbacher has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations. In 1995[11] she founded the Children’s Advocacy Center of Manhattan (CAC),[21] currently known as the New York Center for Children,[11] which aims to assist abused children and their families.[17] She is a trustee of several charitable and civic organizations, including the Hudson River Park Trust and the New York Racing Association.[11][18] Mosbacher has also received appointments from the M.D. Anderson Hospital Cancer Center[18] and is on the board of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.[26] Through her own charitable foundation, Mosbacher provides two annual scholarships for women in the MBA program at Indiana University, her alma mater.[18]
She was elected to the board of directors of the information commerce company Intelius[11] in October 2009,[35] and is also on the boards of the Atlantic Council, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, and has served on the advisory boards of Brasilinvest, RUSI International, and the Dilenschneider Group.[26] A fellow at the Foreign Policy Association,[11] she is a board-member for the International Institute for Strategic Studies.[11] Mosbacher has been on the board of advisors for Diligence London, Harvard Center For Public Leadership, Gow & Partners LLC, Grupo Brasilinvest S.A., and Village Cares.[11] She is a chairman of the Green Beret Foundation and a board-member for Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and the Atlantic Council,[1] among other organizations.[18]
Awards and recognition
Georgette Mosbacher has received several awards throughout her career, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor,[36] the Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year Award from the American Women’s Economic Development Corporation,[36] the Distinguished Humanitarian Award from Brandeis University,[11] and the Outstanding Business Leader Award from the Northwood Institute.[11] In 2002, the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) Business Advisory Council awarded Mosbacher with their National Leadership Award, in part citing her activism relating to small business issues.[36] In March 2015, Mosbacher was given the Founder’s Award from Hedge Funds Care "in recognition of her efforts spearheading the Manhattan Children’s Advocacy Center."[17] She holds a Doctor of Business Administration Honorary Causa from Bryant College[11] and an honorary doctorate from the International Fine Arts College.[11][26]
Personal life
Based in Manhattan, New York, in the 1970s Mosbacher was married to Robert Muir,[15] and after their divorce in 1977,[15] for a time she was married to George Barrie,[15] the CEO of Faberge and Brut Productions.[4] On March 1, 1985, she married former United States Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher, moving to Houston.[4] After 13 years of marriage, Georgette Mosbacher and her husband divorced in 1998.[15]
Publishing history
Year | Release title | Publisher | ISBN, notes |
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1993 | Feminine Force: Release The Power Within To Create The Life You Deserve[9] | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 0-671-79896-0 |
1998 | It Takes Money, Honey: A Get-Smart Guide to Total Financial Freedom[10] | HarperCollins | ISBN 0-06-039236-3 |
See also
References
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- 1 2 "Obama's Plan for Small Businesses". Houston Press. May 6, 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. November 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Swartz, Mimi (December 1988). "Zoom at the Top". Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Georgette Mosbacher". Right Pundits. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Gray, Lisa (January 28, 1999). "How to Divorce a Millionaire". Houston Press. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 Horowitz, Jason (September 19, 2012). "Georgette and Lyn: A tale of two sisters". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 "Mosbacher’s Mission". Leadership Magazine. February 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 Mosbacher, Georgette (1993). Feminine Force: Release The Power Within To Create The Life You Deserve. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-79896-0.
- 1 2 3 Mosbacher, Georgette (1998). It Takes Money, Honey: A Get-Smart Guide to Total Financial Freedom. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-039236-3.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Georgette Mosbacher". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Potempa, Philip, "Georgette Mosbacher smiling with gritted teeth about President Bush", The Times of Northwest Indiana, January 31, 2007
- 1 2 3 4 "Georgette Mosbacher". Milken Institute. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- 1 2 Collins, Nancy, "The World of Georgette Mosbacher" at the Wayback Machine (archived August 5, 2004), Harper's Bazaar, July 2004
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Georgette Mosbacher". NNDB. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 Gurley, George (January 31, 2000). "Georgette Mosbacher Rides With McCain". The Observer. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 "Hedge Funds Care Raises $1.5 Million To Benefit Children". FINalternatives. March 10, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Georgette Mosbacher". All American Speakers. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Georgette Mosbacher-Country Girl". Woman Around Town. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Georgette Mosbacher: Legendary GOP Fundraiser". Right Pundits. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ponder, Stephanie E., "Makeup Maven", Costco Connection, May 2006
- 1 2 Gerston, Jill (September 22, 1993). "Hurricane Georgette : Books: The Divine Mrs. M (Mosbacher) has a few tips for women who want to tap their 'feminine force.' Let's start with neutral nail polish.". Los Angeles Times. August 22, 1993. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 Cawley, Janet (March 29, 1992). "The Power Couple Shifts Into A New Gear". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, Inc.". justia.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 "Biography of Georgette Mosbacher". All American Speakers. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Georgette Mosbacher". Borghese.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25. Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Horyn, Cathy, "Is Georgette Mosbacher Too Hot for the G.O.P. to Handle?", The New York Times, January 14, 2001
- ↑ Stirewalt, Chris (April 27, 2015). "Jeb set to debut biggest cash haul ever". Fox News. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Georgette Mosbacher". C-SPAN. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Small business is vital in rebuilding economies - interview featuring Georgette Mosbahcer". Small Business Advocate. April 23, 2009. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "How I Built It". Wall Street Journal. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ Mosbacher, Georgette (November 10, 2015). "The other ‘one percent’". Washington Times. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ Mosbacher, Georgette (2014). "MOSBACHER: Deadly health care at the VA". Washington Times. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ Cottle, Michelle (January 8, 2013). "Mosbacher: I’m Furious at My Own Party". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Georgette Mosbacher Joins Intelius' Board of Directors". Intelius press release. October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- 1 2 3 "Georgette Mosbacher Honored With National Leadership Award; Mosbacher Gains Additional Accolades from the National Repfublican Congressional Committee's Business Advisory Council.". thefreelibrary.com - Bratskeir & Co. 2002. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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