Released Apr 2, 2018 As President and CEO of Old Navy, Sonia Syngal begins her day by reading customer comments every morning. She became CEO of the $7 billion, 57,000-employee business in 2017 and has lead the company to record growth. But her path to retail wasn’t always so clear. Sonia, who has a background in mechanical engineering, began her career working for a car company before eventually finding her way to Silicon Valley and eventually to Gap Inc. and then exclusively Old Navy. On this episode, Sonia opens up about why she veered from her position at Ford for grad school in Silicon Valley, career transitioning at a senior level, and what she believes it takes to become the CEO of a public company. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Hipatia Lopez, CEO of H.L. Unico LLC and Inventor of Empanada Fork Find out more: http://www.empanadafork.com/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS: Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News.

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