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Podcast: Behind Her Empire
Episode: #277: Going From the CIA to CEO: How a Near-Death Experience Inspired This Founder to Launch a Luxury Pajama Brand - Emily Hikade, founder of Petite Plume
Description: Emily Hikade is the founder and CEO of Petite Plume, a luxury sleepwear brand made with the highest quality fabrics.For over a decade, Emily worked for the CIA, serving overseas in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. During this time, she was also a mother to four young boys, none of whom knew about her career. Everything changed when she was on a mission and the plane she was in nearly crashed, almost taking her life. The thought of her children growing up without their mother was unbearable, and she knew she had to make a...