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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Trinny Woodall: How She Went From Drug Addict To Building A $300m Business Empire!

Age is bulls**t! From ‘What Not To Wear’ to a skincare and make-up empire, Trinny proves energy is everything.

In this new episode, Steven sits down with fashion guru and CEO, Trinny Woodall

Trinny became a household in 2001 as co-host for the makeover TV series ‘What Not To Wear’, this continued for 5 seasons and earned a Royal Television Society Award. In 2017, Trinny launched her direct-to-consumer beauty brand, Trinny London, this has been recognised as one of the fastest-growing brands in Europe.

In this conversation Trinny and Steven discuss topics, such as:


Having to look out for herself as a child

Taking drugs to hide a lack of confidence and self-worth

Drug addiction and deciding to become sober

Being kicked out of rehab 

Why changing perspectives is her drug

Working in The City and faking being successful

Walking away from a job she hated 

Breaking into television and household fame 

Separating her work and personal life

Why she hates the term 'imposter syndrome'

Starting a tech business 

Her first business failing after a year 

What she looks for when she hires people

How energy trumps a CV

Overcoming her ex-husbands suicide

Why in business you should do only what you can do

Her motivation to start Trinny London 

Selling everything she had to start Trinny London

The power of the Trinny Tribe 

Why age doesn't matter


You can purchase all of Trinny London’s products here: https://bit.ly/3LhIc0G

Follow Trinny: 
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3PtZ1rY
Twitter: https://bit.ly/3PwB6YX 
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RcvF2o 
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