By Jennifer Arnow, CNN
Martha Stewart, the doyenne of domesticity, launched a media empire that is still going strong after more than 45 years.
The author, publisher, TV host and lifestyle expert became America’s first female self-made billionaire when she took Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia public in 1999. Stewart’s shrewd business partnerships with major retailers such as Kmart and JCPenney solidified her status as a homemaking mogul.
Although Stewart fell from grace after she was convicted in 2004 of obstructing justice and lying to investigators about a stock sale, she quickly bounced back into favor with new media ventures. In more recent years, she has endeared herself to audiences through unlikely TV appearances and her collaboration with rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg.
The new CNN series “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart” premieres Sunday, January 28 at 9 p.m. ET.
