Born in Chicago, Bobbi Brown, 68, studied theatrical makeup and photography at Emerson College, Boston. In 1980, she moved to New York to work as a makeup artist. She launched Bobbi Brown Essentials in 1991, sold it to Estee Lauder four years later, and built it into a global brand. Having left the business in 2016, she launched a new one, Jones Road Beauty, in 2020.