"Stewart's first (and possibly only) boss, Andy Monness, who ran the brokerage Pearlberg, Monness, which is now known as Monness Crespi Hardt,was introduced to her through a friend who thought she would be good at selling stocks. In an interview with The Guardian, he explained that he hired Stewart as the only woman on a team of 25-30 stockbrokers. She commuted to Wall Street from Connecticut for seven years and earned the firm a lot of money."
"After leaving her job as a stockbroker, Martha Stewart embraced her true calling and started a catering company from her retro '70s kitchen. Ever the perfectionist, she told her former boss that in her new business endeavor, she'd be in control. From there, Stewart published her first cookbook, "Entertaining" in 1982. It was a how-to guide on how to host any size party. She became K-Mart's "lifestyle consultant" in 1987, and the retailer began selling bed and bath items branded with her name and likeness."
Martha Stewart began her career as an institutional stockbroker after marrying Andrew Stewart in 1961, working on Wall Street as the only woman at her firm. She commuted from Connecticut for seven years and generated significant revenue for her employer before a market downturn prompted her reinvention. She left finance, launched a catering company from her retro '70s kitchen, and emphasized control over her new business. She published Entertaining (1982), became K-Mart's lifestyle consultant in 1987 with branded bed and bath items, launched Martha Stewart Living magazine in 1990, and expanded into television by the mid-1990s. Her career later included an insider-trading controversy.
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