I recently spent a whirlwind hour with NYX Cosmetics founder Toni Ko in one of her LA offices to photograph her for a Cosmopolitan feature called Get That Life. The weekly series focuses on successful women and how they made it in their respective careers. Ko founded her cosmetics company at 26 in order to bring a higher quality of cosmetics to people at drugstore prices. The Korean-born entrepreneur’s business quickly took off and 15 years later was sold to L’Oreal for an undisclosed sum estimated to be around $500 million. A ball of energy from the moment she walked into the room, Ko was a pleasure to work with and helped to make the most of our limited time. Seeing her enthusiasm first hand it came as no surprise to me that she’s found the success she has and is also not sitting still now that she’s no longer attached to NYX. She says she wants to sell two more companies in her lifetime, starting with an apparel line she is set to unveil early next year. I have little doubt she’ll do it. It’s worth a read to head over to Cosmo to get the rest of her story. More photos from the shoot after the jump.
