Twenty years ago, Jo Horgan, chief executive of cosmetics giant Mecca, realized something had to give. “I had my first child and I was trying to juggle everything and I was like, ‘This is hard.’ I have to think outside the market here and make it manageable.’”

Mecca now has more than 100 stores, and with a combined fortune of $812 million, Horgan and her husband and business partner Peter Wetenhall have a place in Rich financial review list. But two decades ago, the company — and Horgan’s newborn — were in their infancy. She felt overwhelmed.

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