Jamie Kern Lima

Jamie Kern Lima is a self-made entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcast host who sold her problem-solving beauty brand for $1.2 billion—after starting it from her living room.

Speaking Fee $140,000–$150,000
Travels From Los Angeles, CA, United States

Jamie Kern Lima Booking & Availability

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What is Jamie Kern Lima’s speaking fee?

Jamie Kern Lima’s current speaking fee is $140,000–$150,000. Final pricing can vary by date, location, event format and scope of the appearance.

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What types of events can Jamie Kern Lima be booked for?

Corporate events, conferences, leadership meetings, keynote speeches, workshops, fireside chats, private events and virtual programs may be available depending on the engagement.

Jamie Kern Lima Keynote Topics & Programs

Jamie Kern Lima speaks on business, change management, disruption, entrepreneurship, growth and inspiration through keynote presentations and related programs. Additional themes are also available.

Jamie’s keynotes are fully customized for each audience and event. She frequently speaks on topics such as:

  • Building a Billion Dollar Company from Your Living Room
  • How to Go From Underestimated to Unstoppable (In Your Business, Joy, Life, And/Or Faith)
  • Billion Dollar Resilience
  • Billion Dollar Belief
  • Winning Through Authenticity
  • The Power of Momentum in Business and Life
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership & The Art of Leading Winning Teams
  • Selling and Leading Authentically
  • Change Your Relationship with Rejection, Change Your Life and Business
  • How to Crush Self-doubt
  • Faith-led Success, How to Let God Fuel Your Journey

If you’d like to begin customizing Jamie’s talk for your event, schedule an exploratory Zoom call with the MPG team!

Jamie Kern Lima Biography & Credentials

From Denny’s waitress to billion-dollar CEO, Jamie Kern Lima’s story is the stuff of modern legend. As the founder of IT Cosmetics and the first female CEO of a L’Oréal brand, Jamie shattered glass ceilings, and expectations, with her authenticity, resilience, and unshakable belief in herself.

Today, she’s a two-time New York Times bestselling author, host of the #1 Self-Improvement podcast in the U.S., and a guest Shark on Season 16 of ABC’s Shark Tank. She is also well-known for her keynote and motivational speaking. Jamie Kern Lima is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Jamie Kern Lima’s fees.

Want to book Jamie Kern Lima for an event?

Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group at 215-995-0905 to book Jamie Kern Lima for a keynote speech, corporate event, leadership program, workshop, fireside chat, virtual appearance, or other private or professional event.

Our team will help confirm Jamie Kern Lima’s availability, speaking fee, travel requirements, and fit for your audience. To start the booking process, please share your event date, location, audience size, event format, and the type of presentation you are looking for.

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Denny’s Waitress Turned L’Oréal CEO

Jamie Kern Lima began her career as a Denny’s waitress and local news anchor before launching IT Cosmetics from her living room. Inspired by her personal struggles with rosacea and sensitive skin, Jamie created a beauty line that addresses real problems for real people. After years of rejection from investors and retailers, a bold, makeup-free appearance on QVC changed everything—every product sold out in minutes.

Her company grew rapidly, eventually becoming the largest beauty brand on QVC. In 2016, she sold IT Cosmetics to L’Oréal for $1.2 billion in cash, becoming the first female CEO of any brand in the company’s 100+ year history.

Breaking Barriers with Billion-Dollar Belief

Jamie’s journey wasn’t easy. She faced countless rejections, moments of self-doubt, and pressure to conform to industry norms, but she stayed true to her mission and her voice. That same grit and authenticity earned her a spot on Forbes’ 2025 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.

She’s since become a celebrated keynote speaker and thought leader, sharing the transformational power of authenticity, belief, and resilience with audiences around the world.

A Voice for Women and Worth

Also two-time New York Times bestselling author, Jamie’s second book, WORTHY, spent 14 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is already empowering hundreds of thousands of readers to crush self-doubt and embrace their inherent worth. She’s donating 100% of her author proceeds to causes that elevate women and girls.

In 2024, Jamie hosted Becoming Unstoppable Live, where more than 260,000 people tuned in. Joined by icons like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Roberts, and Maria Shriver, the event propelled Jamie’s mission to help every person realize they are enough.

Jamie is also an active philanthropist, having donated over $40 million in product and funding to help women facing cancer and supports leadership training in over 100 prisons and shelters across the U.S.

Books by Jamie Kern Lima

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Featured Book

Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life

Hay House LLC · 2024

Worthy examines the hidden cost of believing you are not enough. The book focuses on the difference between confidence in what you can do and self-worth rooted in who you are, then offers practical steps for strengthening the latter. Through reflection and exercises, it explores how self-doubt shapes relationships, ambition and choices, and what can change when worthiness is no longer treated as something to earn.

Also by Jamie Kern Lima

Believe IT: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable

Gallery Books · 2021

Believe IT is a story of building something significant while repeatedly being told it will not work. The book traces years of rejection, self-doubt, risk and persistence behind the creation of a major beauty brand, focusing on the internal decisions that mattered as much as the business ones. It is ultimately about learning to trust your instincts before the outside world gives you permission to believe in them.

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Jamie Kern Lima Videos

“This Will Change Your Life!” COMMENCEMENT SPEECH Jamie Kern Lima | Columbia University GSB 2025

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Oprah Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Weight, Shame and Worthiness! (pt 1)

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Oprah & Jamie Kern Lima | Oprah’s Super Soul | OWN Podcasts

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IT Cosmetics CEO on billion-dollar brand built on own skin issue

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