To get the health insurance for surgery, she worked in the Academy of Art University lobby checking student IDs. She left Portland and relocated to San Francisco, shortly after she discovered she had a hernia in her groin.

In 2003, while living in Portland, Oregon, she stopped stealing after being caught shoplifting. After high school, her parents divorced and she moved to Sacramento, California to live a more free lifestyle.Īs a young adult, Amoruso lived a nomadic lifestyle, hitchhiking on the West Coast, dumpster diving, and stealing. Her first job as a teenager was at a Subway restaurant, followed by various odd jobs, including working in a bookstore and a record shop. After being diagnosed with depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in her adolescence, she dropped out of school and began homeschooling to help cope with these issues. She was raised in the Greek Orthodox church. She is of Greek, Italian, and Portuguese descent. Her 2014 autobiography # GIRLBOSS was adapted into a television series of the same name for Netflix.Īmoruso was born in San Diego, California, in 1984. In 2017, Amoruso founded Girlboss Media, a company that creates content for women in the millennial generation to progress as people in their personal and professional life. In 2016, she was named one of the richest self-made women in the world by Forbes.

Amoruso founded Nasty Gal, a women's fashion retailer, which went on to be named one of 'the fastest growing companies' by Inc. Amoruso was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Sacramento, California after high school, soon after relocating to San Francisco. Sophia Christina Amoruso (born April 20, 1984) is an American businesswoman.

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