Sophia Amoruso
American businesswoman and former CEO of Nasty GalWikipedia
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Sep 10, 2026
Sophia AmorusoGUEST
The first thing that we want is the war to end.
Leanna ByrneHOST
[electronic music] For this episode, I speak to Sophia Amoruso, founder of online fashion retailer Nasty Gal.
Leanna ByrneHOST
Sophia built the business without startup capital or experience of running a company, turning an eBay store into a company worth three hundred and fifty million dollars.
Leanna ByrneHOST
It became one of online fashion's most recognizable brands, but after accepting large sums of outside investment, she was under pressure to turn the company into a billion-dollar business.
Sophia AmorusoGUEST
You know, a lot of different, different things happened before we ended up filing for bankruptcy, and ultimately, that's a decision where it's like, all right, like we can't pay our vendors.
Sophia AmorusoGUEST
It would be irresponsible to continue operating this business, and we need to call it.
Leanna ByrneHOST
[electronic music] Welcome to The Interview from the BBC World Service with Sophia Amoruso.
Sophia AmorusoGUEST
I was a very angsty child and just kinda came out a certain way.
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En algún momento su fortuna llegó a ser mayor que la de la Beyoncé.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Pero antes de llegar a eso, Sophia Amoruso hizo autostop, robó libros y rebuscó comida en contenedores de basura.
speaker_1NARRATOR
But before it got to that, Sophia Amoruso hitchhiked, stole books and rummaged through food in garbage containers.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Pero antes de llegar a eso, Sophia Amoruso hizo autostop, robó libros y rebuscó comida en contenedores de basura.
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Lo que pasó en medio podrá parecer la típica historia de auge y caída, pero como ella misma le contó al programa Business Daily del Servicio Mundial de la BBC, la única razón que le llevó a montar la marca de ropa Nasty Gal, que le hizo millonaria, fue que no quería trabajar.
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What happened in the middle could seem like the typical story of boom and fall, but as she herself told the BBC World Service's Business Daily program, the only reason that led her to set up the clothing brand Nasty Gal, which made her a millionaire, was that she didn't want to, to work.
Leanna ByrneHOST
I'm Lianna Byrne.
Leanna ByrneHOST
Today, I am speaking with Sophia Amoruso, the founder of Nasty Gal.
Leanna ByrneHOST
According to Forbes, Sophia was richer than Beyoncé at one stage, but since her company has gone bankrupt and she now has a new venture on her hands, she's gonna talk about it all with us.
Leanna ByrneHOST
Sophia, hello.
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Leanna ByrneHOST
[upbeat music] You're listening to Founders from the BBC World Service.
Leanna ByrneHOST
I'm Lianna Burn, and today I'm speaking to Sophia Amoruso, the founder of Nasty Gal.
Leanna ByrneHOST
So when do you think that things went bad?
Cole SchaferGUEST
So I had this reframing, like, in my mind, where at first I thought, you know, "I have this college degree and I'm tearing out carpet, uh, [laughs] for, for a living." But then I kind of reframed, you know.
Cole SchaferGUEST
I was like, "You know what? This is kind of like me getting paid $15 an hour cash to get my MBA while listening to all of these amazing minds, like on the, on these podcasts." So it was Tim Ferriss and it was Sophia Amoruso and Seth Godin, and, you know, I'm 22, tearing out carpet, listening to these people.
Cole SchaferGUEST
And one day, um, somewhere along there, Laura Belgray comes on to, to one of these podcasts, and I think it was the Rick Mulready podcast.
Cole SchaferGUEST
I don't know if I'm getting his last name correct.
Peta SerrasHOST
One thing fun that I do is anytime I have a business expander, I like to think of my expander and then I think of them as a client.
Peta SerrasHOST
So I'm like, oh my God, I love Sophia Amoruso.
Peta SerrasHOST
She's amazing.
Peta SerrasHOST
This is how I did my workshop for her.
DominiqueGUEST
And so basically what I've come to see ambition at, the current way we view ambition is, is that ambition has become a glorified way of running from ourselves, always chasing something, glorifying exhausting, exhaustion.
DominiqueGUEST
Are we living or essentially are we just surviving? And I saw this come up when I was chasing my life, and really the pinnacle of this was the girl boss era, which, you know, was, uh, popular, really exemplified with Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In, and Sophia Amoruso's Girl Boss book she wrote-
Caroline LeafHOST
Yeah
DominiqueGUEST
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DominiqueGUEST
If, if people are interested, you can find tons of articles, uh, for and against the whole Lean In thing.
DominiqueGUEST
Uh, and if people have questions, we can dive into it more on a follow-up episode.
DominiqueGUEST
But then around 2014, you had Sophia Amoruso appear on the scene, and she was the Nasty Gal founder.
DominiqueGUEST
Nasty Gal was like a, I believe it was a clothing brand.
EirHOST
Girl buys and sells clothing on eBay, turns it into a $100 million company.
EirHOST
Turns out to be Sofia Amoruso, who's like the – is it girl boss? Girl boss, yeah.
EirHOST
Girl boss.
EirHOST
um she does like a Netflix series on her and but back then I didn't know it was her like back and I just saw the article in the news and I sort of thought to myself she's doing that on eBay I buy and sell and trade me if she can do it why can't I that's my point about like looking into other people that are in a similar situation to you because then it's you feel like you can do it it's possible
Ria CartwrightHOST
It's interesting.
Ria CartwrightHOST
I always think about Sofia Amoruso, you know, of Nasty Gal.
Ria CartwrightHOST
And she's like, when the deal comes, just take it.
Ria CartwrightHOST
You never know when it's going to come again.
Iyia LiuHOST
Girl buys and sells clothing on eBay, turns it into a $100 million company.
Iyia LiuHOST
Turns out to be Sofia Amoruso, who's like the – is it girl
Holly YuHOST
boss? Girl boss, yeah.
Holly YuHOST
Girl boss.