The founder left tech to study chocolate-making traditions in France, started making his own chocolate in his garage 16 years ago, and became one of the best-known small-batch chocolate makers in the U.S. Unlike most chocolate, it's made from just two ingredients: cocoa beans and organic cane sugar.
Seventeen years ago, Elizabeth Stein started making muffin mix in her Upper West Side kitchen for a handful of nutrition clients. She had no business plan, bootstrapped, and waited years to take outside money. Last month, she sold Purely Elizabeth to Ferrero for an estimated $850 million while also remaining CEO.
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