Anita Roddick is founder of the international Body Shop phenomenon. She shares with audiences a vision that began with a single storefront and grew to over $1 billion in sales. Roddick speaks frankly about her crises of confidence along the way, about her commitment to a profitable business that is also a driving force for social change, and about her visionary plans for the future. She is also the author of Business As Unusual and Take It Personally: How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World.
 
Roddick opened her first shop in 1976, selling naturally-based cosmetics inspired by the practices of native peoples she met during her travels around the world. Today she oversees more than 1,800 stores in 49 countries.