Shizu Okusa, a former Goldman Sachs trader, left her lucrative six-figure job at age 22 to pursue her passion for wellness. She co-founded a successful business that leverages nature as medicine, achieving over $20 million in annual revenue and projecting to reach $35 million by 2025.
Shizu Okusa wasn't exactly sure what life had in store for her when she quit her six-figure Wall Street job in 2012.
To her surprise, he was open to meeting. She caught a flight to New York and spent the entire workday being interviewed. The next day, she got a job offer. She ran the business full-time, opening nine brick-and-mortar stores and selling juices at two Whole Foods locations, but wasn't able to bring in enough money to keep it afloat—"We could never get it above 5 million in revenue," she says.
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