Vice Chairwoman, Wonderful Co.

Resnick oversees worldwide marketing and product development for Wonderful Co. At age 19, she dropped out of college and founded an advertising agency, a move that introduced her to her husband and partner, Stewart Resnick. She is a major donor to and served as board vice chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Resnick is a Lifetime Trustee of the Aspen Institute and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 2012 from Bard College. In 2021 she ranked No. 8 on Forbes’ “America’s Richest Self-Made Women” list with a net worth of about $4 billion.

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