Sophia Amoruso

Sophia Amoruso is the founder and general partner at Trust Fund, an emerging early-stage venture fund focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments.

In 2020, Sophia founded Business Class, a comprehensive digital-entrepreneurship course and community for founders.

Sophia made her mark as the founder of fashion e-commerce phenomenon Nasty Gal, which she founded in2006 and built to over $100 million in revenue. Sophia is also the author of #GIRLBOSS, which spent 18 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold 500,000 copies, and was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name produced by Charlize Theron.

In 2016, Sophia was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine’s “America’s Richest Self-Made Women” issue, and has been featured on the covers of Inc., Entrepreneur, Success, andMoney magazines. Sophia was also named to the Fortune 40 Under 40, Forbes 30 Under 30, Inc. 30 Under 30, and Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business lists.

Sophia resides between Los Angeles and Kauai, and can't remember what she was thinking when she decided to accept three tiny toy poodles named Donna, Gino, and Cosi into her home, rent-free, forever.