Some may call her a risk-taker. Others still may label her a gambler. But only one title suits Kimberly Lewis: entrepreneur. 

Kim Lewis is the CEO and co-founder of CurlMix, a clean beauty brand for curly hair. After a strong showing on Season 10 of ABC’s Emmy Award-winning Shark Tank with her husband and co-founder, Tim, Kim made the daring decision to bet on herself, and turned down a $400,000 Shark deal. Less than six months later, Kim’s talent for logistics and marketing secured a seed investment of $1.2M, multiplied CurlMix’ sales into the millions, and grew the CurlMix team to 30+ full-time staff…all while raising two small children. 

Kim was recently featured on Forbes 30Under30 list, and today, CurlMix continues to flourish under Kim’s entrepreneurial prowess. Her company operates a manufacturing facility in the heart of her native city, Chicago, where Kim employs a full-time staff of minorities, working moms, and women.