BRAVE AND DETERMINED. Karla Otto built her eponymous full-service brand-building communications agency into an organisation which handles press, communications strategies and events for many global brands and operates from 15 cities across the world. Today her company Karla Otto is part of The Independents, a worldwide group of industry leaders across luxury and lifestyle, and she herself no longer participates in its management.

"If you do communications you really need to love people, understand how they think and what they need.”

"Everything came by chance. No planning. No business plan. No dream.”

"I really wanted to get out while I am still in amazing shape and can do everything I want.”