Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur

Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur is an American businesswoman and fashion designer who is the founder and CEO of MM.LaFleur.[1]

Biography

LaFleur was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Christopher J. LaFleur [zh], the former United States Ambassador to Malaysia, and Keiko Miyazawa, the daughter of Kiichi Miyazawa, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. Her younger sister is Emma Miyazawa.[2]

She wore designs by Hanae Mori at the Bal des débutantes on December 7, 2002.[3] She graduated from Harvard University in 2006.[4][5]

LaFleur worked as a management counselor for Bain & Company and TechnoServe in New York City. She worked in South Africa where she studied business opportunities in agriculture. She then worked for a private equity firm, Starwood Capital Group, in New York and Paris.[6] LaFleur left financial counseling to found MM.LaFleur, whom she named after her mother, in April 2011, along with Miyako Nakamura and Narie Foster.[7][8] In February 2020 LaFleur announced the company will lend free clothing to any woman running for office.[9]

LaFleur is one of the signatories of a letter intended for Donald Trump and the United States Congress in an attempt to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in place throughout the United States.[10]

References

  1. ^ Safronova, Valeriya (2017-03-27). "With 'The Big Life,' Millennial Women Get a New Guide". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Gan, Steven; Aziz, Fauwaz Abdul (2005-03-16). "Q&A: Msia not snubbed by Clinton, Bush in tsunami tour, says US envoy". malaysiakini. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  3. ^ Gross, Michael (2002-11-03). "Better Deb than Red". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  4. ^ Calhoun, Lisa (2016-07-26). "Entering the Awesome Age of Millennial Entrepreneurship". Inc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  5. ^ Brzezinski, Ginny (2017-12-07). "How new shoes kicked my confidence into high gear". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  6. ^ "Why are there so few women, millennial entrepreneurs?". CNBC. 27 July 2014.
  7. ^ Gustafson, Krystina (2016-03-28). "The anti-Amazons: Two brands shaking up retail". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  8. ^ Pham, Tiffany. "How She Did It: Narie Foster On Launching A New Fashion Label for Professional Women, M.M. Lafleur". Forbes.
  9. ^ Company to provide free clothing to any female candidate The Hill, 18 Feb 2020
  10. ^ "Women in Power: Sarah LaFleur, MM.LaFleur". Ellevest. 2018-01-30.


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