Lisa Huett & John Gallagher. Help using this website - Accessibility statement. The most Horgan families were found in USA in 1920. Its also about health and wellness, about experiences. Now that youve achieved the goal to be the biggest in ANZ, whats next? I admire her tremendously., Jo is full of enthusiasm, positive and high energy, which infuses Mecca with that same spirit, said Masahiko Uotani, chief executive officer of Shiseido. And when they are ready, they will come back. View Jo Horgan's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. "I really do see us as co-CEOs, because we bring different skill sets to the party," she says. Email. Because Jo Horgan has quite a lot to say. She adopted a brand-agnostic approach and hired passionate staff who sold products on their merits. Jim served honorably in the Michigan National guard from 1957 to 1963. . By turns breathlessly effusive and pensively introspective, Horgan speaks with speed and obvious delight and then, shifting gears, she talks slowly and deliberately, selecting each word as if from a shelf in front of her. We bring our managers and sales team together twice a year and get extraordinary speakers, like Julia Gillard, Australias only female prime minister. What the judges said: Jock is creating business and a living wage for Aboriginal communities. What impact is this having and how do you mitigate it? No matter: with more than 100 stores in Australia and New Zealand, a Chinese retail presence on TMall and a new Melbourne flagship that will probably be the biggest beauty retail store in the southern hemisphere when it opens at the end of next year (doubling the footprint of Meccas Sydney CBD flagship, the current record holder), Horgan has more than proved the point. He actually painted the future for Mecca I had not painted for myself, says Horgan. But you know, there is just so much to do! Ms Horgan says she likes to tell him that she is the boss, but that in reality it is really a partnership. How has your vision of what Mecca is/could be evolved over the last two decades? We think beauty is also becoming a very social environment,so we put in a Pommery Champagne bar. Julie & Christopher James. Jo needs to dream, and keeping the company private allows her to dream big, on her terms. Thats it. So, having the brands become the baseline of your offer and it is what you do to bring them to life, the experience, the team, the content and the way in which you know your customer and how sticky you can make your relationship with your customer, that becomes the differentiator. 65. Born in 23 Mar 1909 and died in 26 Oct 1975 Evansville, Indiana Mary Josephine "Mae Jo" Horgan McClurg : I like to think if we put our minds to creating product that is worthy of our customers, we would have to set ourselves a standard that it would be worthy of customers anywhere. We share our failures as a badge of honor of learning, so that no one else makes the same mistake and we can bank it in the knowledge vault of Mecca and it helps inform future tests and trials. Like most teenage girls she loved wearing makeup, but she never planned to work in cosmetics. J.H. As were in the process of pondering what we should do, anything that differentiates us is a lever. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Ms Horgan says she has always welcomed the competition. Photograph by Gareth McConnell for The New Yorker. Mecca Brands founder Jo Horgan never set out to be a pioneer. I have recommended this to several family members; I got my brother Paul into the business and he owns and runs the . She is one of a small but mighty coterie of female philanthropists whove made it their mission to prop up the Australian arts industry: Judith Neilson, Gretel Packer, Gene Sherman, Naomi Milgrom, Krystyna Campbell-Pretty. In September, the work by Bilbao will be unveiled at the NGV, and a new M-Power leadership team will be announced. : The business is just as exciting and exhilarating a ride as Mecca. Currently, the first is Meccas culture and that has become even more important coming out of COVID-19, at a time when there is culture erosion because we could literally not get together for two years. MECCA Brands. Im not sure anyone is truly born an entrepreneur, says Horgan. Was education always a key part of your strategy? Thats what I want to lean into., And then Horgans face lights up. This was about 50% of all the recorded Horgan's in USA. The cheer might be a touch relentless, but there is no denying that the formula has worked. . Because of the gender disparity, she says. Silvia Hsieh & Alessandro Diamanti. I used to do education sessions for two hours every second Tuesday night. A new team member gets over 200 hours of education in their first year. That will be our approach. This is Horgan the business owner: canny, shrewd, clever. San Jose State. Early next year, youll open an even larger store thats 40,000 square feet in Melbourne. There are established philanthropists such as Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and Fiona Myer, and emerging members of Melbournes creative scene, such as cook Julia Busuttil Nishimura and jeweller Sarah Munro along with Oroton designer Sophie Holt. No! Mini Bio (1) Sharon Lorencia Horgan is an Irish actress, writer, director, comedian and producer. Horgan, JoAnn Age 90, passed away peacefully on December 24th, surrounded by her family. How has your role in the business changed as its grown? What does that mean for us? Jo Horgan has spent the last 25 years building the business she founded, Mecca, into Australia's largest prestige beauty retailer. What hasnt worked is not being able to visit and to accelerate the plans at the rate we would like to, and having really lumpy data due to all of the COVID-19 restrictions. She also created the HBO comedy series Divorce (2016-2019). An entrepreneur in the digital industry and a leading figure in content promotion and social media marketing, Kylie's small project called Kin, started in 2013, has now turned into a big company. : The Sydney store is about 18,000 square feet, three times the size of our biggest store and nearly eight times the size of our average store. Over time it became clearer and clearer what you are, what you are not, what your customer proposition is and should be, what you should double and triple and quadruple down on, and as competition enters a market, it makes you focus even more on your differentiators and how you create the tightest, most compelling relationship with your customers. One of Bilbaos kitchen designs, for instance, incorporates the laundry, so the whole family can witness the activity of washing clothes and hopefully get involved. Its always Mecca. See Photos. But hold on to your hat, Dorothy. 2023 Fairchild Publishing, LLC. Read about our approach to external linking. Senior leaders and retail staff attend annual conferences, where the likes of Julia Gillard, Gail Kelly and Horgans own favourite motivational speaker, Jim Collins, have spoken. It was the very best products in the most beautiful space, a space where you would want to live with your best friends.. She says that being relatively young meant that she had a pretty good idea of what young makeup lovers were looking for. I mean, it's really beautiful and I care . The statistics are stacked against female architects as they are against female artists broadly. I wake up every day and say, Gosh, isnt there so much to do, isnt there so much opportunity to grow and build and expand and so much opportunity to improve what were doing in the here and now.. What the judges said: Jo is a fabulous example of walking the walk and being a true entrepreneur from the ground up. That all comes from her., Her mentor, Country Road founder Stephen Bennett, has met with Horgan every month for 25 years. The Mecca magic that Horgan frequently intones stems from the idea that staff members should be empowered to make decisions to ensure their customers look, and more importantly feel their best. | Learn more about Tim Horgan's work experience, education, connections & more by . "The question is not is it going to happen but . Welaunched in August 2020, during the pandemic, and have learned some super useful things. I love how smart she is in business, which the results speak to, and she is always looking for the next opportunity., Horgans vivacity also permeates her approach to the business. : We have to throw everything up into the air and work out what our strongest levers are. Horgan's father Pat died when he was 18 months old, leaving his mother Alice to raise him along with his three siblings. If you look at 25 years ago versus now, the retail landscape has totally changed, the brand offer and category offers have multiplied out of sight, the players have diversified. A former heroin addict who had nowhere to live, he has cleaned up his own life and gone on to help others. People are much more interested in making money, finding love, and attaining status and prestige. Contact Number Lauder came to Australia for the Olympics in 2000 and, after visiting two of Horgans five stores, declared Mecca would become a valid third channel and major force in the Australian premium beauty market. While in New York City to attend the events of BravoCon, the Real Housewives of New Jersey cast members found themselves together in the lobby of the . Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. Because its been key to Jos lived experience, and because it has been proven, time and again, to be a tangible way to effect change. j***@mecca.com.au. "Sephora, in comparison, has 13 stores and a market share of less than 1%". I think everyday brings enormous challenges and our goal - like [reality TV show] Survivor is outlive, outplay and outlast.". : I have three rocks at any given time. 1.73m. In a ceremony hosted at . 3 min read. Petes job at BCG gave me real independence and the space to be an entrepreneur. Its possible she was referring to herself, using the royal we, but more likely still that she sees Mecca as indistinguishable from herself. Austin was among the most notable debutants on The List this year, when the 2022 edition was published in late March, alongside the likes of beauty retail phenomenon Jo Horgan and her husband . The 49-year-old says that she often found it uncomfortable that different brands would have their own counters or concessions, staffed by women who would only push those lines of products. Whats your primary focus today? The Horgan family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. Strong finance professional and graduated from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Learn more and register. Here, as she prepares for the next phase of growth, Horgan reflects on Meccas role in the beauty landscape and her plans for whats next. Our purpose why we roll out of bed and choose this one thing to do above all other life choices was to make people look, feel and be their best. Log In. Mecca Brands founder Jo Horgan never set out to be a pioneer. Two, I try and surround myself with incredible people who have the agency to debate whether that is the right flag and once we agree were all in, I watch them go forth with profound admiration for what as a team is done and delivered. Horgans parents, who brought her to Australia to live at 14, had their own businesses: her mother ran a mail-order fashion start-up; her father owned factories that made yarn and clothing for the likes of Marks & Spencer. Ongoing team members receive about 80 hours to 100 hours. She also has great taste, which translates into all of the effort she put into building Mecca. Jo received a first degree degree from University of Western Australia. J.H. Sue Mitchell writes the fortnightly Window Shopping column for the Financial Review and has covered retailing for over 30 years. ", Bakhmut attacks still being repelled, says Ukraine, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, US lawyer jailed for murdering wife and son, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. He is survived by his son, Charles J. Horgan. Getting people connected, back into stores and the support center, really deepening the cultural beat of Mecca, ensuring people are engaged, happy, flourishing and thriving, is my first rock. She then started working for L'Oreal, first in London, and then relocating to Melbourne, so she could return to Australia. Together they made their home and raised their family in the Paris area. Follow AFR Mag on Twitter and Instagram. She built her empire on the idea that great customer service delivered in sumptuous spaces filled with luxurious products can make women feel not just more beautiful but also more valued, more confident. J.H. Jo Horgan is a talker. The first 10 years, I spent the entire time thinking: How do I make sure this thing stays viable? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. When Ms Horgan left L'Oreal to set up Mecca she was just 29. Its the memories of the people Ive done this with, how weve built it together and celebrated the highs and huddled during the lows that have made it incredible so far. In her British accent, with vowels that remain unflattened despite living in Australia for almost four decades, Horgan talks and talks. : We feel weve weathered really significant events to date we had to tap dance through a global financial crisis in 2008 when we were much smaller. Weve done that in China, with cross-border commerce, and that has been illuminating. JEROME HORGAN OBITUARY. We then moved into sun care, because it is so highly regulated in Australia, and it built from there. The second, she invites them to sit. Nicole Imberger & Aaron Sevier. But its bigger than her.. She is earnest, really earnest. Jo Horgan was the EY Entrepreneur of The Year 2018 Australia Award winner. Zoe Foster Blake owns Go-To Skincare, stocked at Mecca, and has known Horgan for nearly two decades. in English literature from the University of Western Australia, Ms. Horgan pursued a Master's degree in mass communications at Boston University. Partner with us. Upon arriving in Melbourne to work for LOreal, she enrolled in a short course in Australian art run by Christies auction house. Both are ambitious and sprawling; works in progress that have no end point because, well, the world can always be more beautiful. Jo Horgan lands on the prestigious WWD Beauty Inc 50 Most Influential People in Global Beauty list, she's the only Australian to feature. Even if they dont buy anything. | Learn more about Kelly Jo Horgan's work experience, education, connections & more by visiting their profile on LinkedIn . She says she has no plans to step back in any capacity. Jason South. How would the affiliate model work on an international level? The Horgan family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. Its website gets nine million page views a month. Then it comes back to the disciplined march of being able to roll it out and execute it effectively across your suite of stores to make sure the innovation touches every customer and sweeps up every brand in some way, shape and form. Jo Horgan and NGV curator Simone LeAmon with the recipient of the Women in Design Commission, Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao (on screen). I feel like everyone is out there trying to get their stone to hit the target and my role is literally to shine the ice in front of their stone so madly that, even though at times I might be a hot sweaty mess, if I do my job properly their pucks hit the target. It brings me sinful amounts of joy and pride to announce that come April, you'll be able to find @gotoskincare in ALL AUS AND NZ MECCA STORES!! But after 25 years, she would like to pay more attention to M-Power. Meccas Sydney flagship measures 18,000 square feet. J.H. . The connection. Yes, of course a customer can run in and self-navigate and process it quickly and they can do it through click-and-collect or endless aisle or use their app. "You know what, I don't think I'm such a great boss," she says. Many of them are running businesses that might be $5 million, $10 million, $50 million doors. Based on this, were launching MeccaAesthetica as a stand-alone trial in Melbourne. Our customers want the dermatological treatment, they want the product, they want the quick fix. The magic is in the human interaction., She is Pollyanna, says a staff member of Horgans. That was a hit to the bottom line that allowed customers to have their Mecca magic delivered. or. Or the time the company had to pay retail prices for luxury fragrances in the Christmas holiday period, after a shipment worth half a million dollars was stolen in Marseilles. Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. When Melbourne-based entrepreneur Jo Horgan launched Mecca Cosmetica in the mid-nineties, pharmacies and department stores were the main stockists of make-up and other beauty brands. Weve crafted a globally unique model that is proven where it is equal parts customer obsession, brand service and team engagement. After receiving a B.A. Mecca was one of the first beauty businesses to embrace e-commerce, launching an online store in 2001, and mecca.com.au is one of the largest players in the online beauty market. Aug 7, 2019 - 12.00am. Previous Addresses Home address, vacation, business, rental and apartment property addresses for John. Thats telling the story of the founder, of why they came up with that name, whos used the product on the runway, how to use it. Statistics from Arna Richardson, an cosmetics industry analyst at market research group Ibis World, shows that there is more than enough space for both firms in the sector in Australia. Jo Horgan with husband and business partner Peter Wetenhall. J.H. She kept lifting the bar in terms of her values, and balancing business success with the way that she wants to live and project her business. But at the same time, she never wants it to be about her. A sense of fun runs throughout the culture. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Jo's connections and jobs at similar companies. Jo Horgan founded Mecca Brands with one store front in 1997. I love the stores, the edit, and the staff are a . I cant really be philanthropic, to the same degree, without Mecca firing on all cylinders.. So building and driving our signature line business has not been a priority. And he was super-supportive of me doing it, and he participated from the beginning. We are sitting at the Garden Restaurant at the NGV, just behind the hall where Horgan has announced the design commission and introduced its first designer, Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, who creates residential and community spaces built on values of social justice. They call it Mecca magic has Jo mentioned that?. Horgan insists that she is not on the same level as the likes of Sherman or Neilson. Over the past 21 years, Jo Horgan has built Mecca Cosmetica into a beauty wonderland and powerhouse. He was super-seminal in the business. Horgan is the best thing about it, undercutting any hoariness with a curl of her lip or a withering aside. "That felt like a very special time.". Australian entrepreneurship Jo Horgan turned a love of makeup into 87-strong chain of cosmetics stores. When Ms Horgan was 14, her family relocated from the UK to Australia, settling in Perth. Horgan tries, graciously but unsuccessfully, to retract the data. Women were already underrepresented and more disadvantaged, then COVID disproportionately . We look at them as a whole how do we educate them to be the best versions of themselves. Thats what makes you feel like a million dollars when you put it on. J.H. It's now Australia and New Zealand's largest prestige beauty retailer, with more than . But as she notches more than two decades of growth and success, Horgan has no interest in taking a victory lap. The residency of Jo is at 1580 Surrey Drv, Wheaton, IL 60189-7249. As the macro headwinds come to buffet us, if we stick with a laser-like focus to listening to our customers, and were agile in our response, well look to weather those headwinds. Instead, shes using the opportunity to set a big, bold goal or BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) as she would say for the next 25 years: global domination. But . EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year TM celebrates the entrepreneurs who inspire us all to build a better world. It's been nearly 20 years since inception, and Mecca is still the "peacock" of the beauty field. J.H. When Ms Horgan was 14, her family relocated from the UK to Australia, settling in Perth. As the business continues to grow even bigger, do you plan on remaining independent? Basically I am, one, a master delegator and, two, I really encourage teams to give it a go and believe in themselves. It is so deeply embedded in our DNA that when people join Mecca, they are slightly stunned by the whirling dervish nature of continual evolution and innovation, and the willingness to try different things and the pace that the organization runs at. But some of it is instinct. They don't give a shit about quantum mechanics or the Big Bang. Thats also going to revolutionize the industry. But this commission worth a seven-figure sum over five years represents a new, deeper commitment to philanthropy for the retailer and beauty entrepreneur. Whatever you can do to make each experience exceptional, that is your gift not just to the customer but to the world. "When you know the customer intimately, I think, that makes it a much easier process [to launch and grow your own business].". Horgan is asked a lot about her future plans. The couple, who have two children, had met while both were studying in the US in their 20s. Their name are Jo A Hilgendorf, John D Horgan, and three others. Staff receive 200 hours of training in their first year Meccas training budget is more than 2 per cent of sales and everyone from the shop floor up is encouraged to develop their skills. Jo Horgan on the cover of the May issue. Horgan stars opposite Michael Sheen; they play a couple battling over whether to let their severely disabled daughter die. A former LOreal marketing executive via degrees in English literature, Latin and communications Horgan saw a gap in the market. Living in Melbourne, Australia, she quit her project management job at French cosmetics giant L'Oreal, and launched her own company, which she called Mecca. "Because you watch your cost of goods double, and you can't go to the customer and say 'sorry, we need to double the price of the product'. For Horgan, leaning in and giving back are one and the same. We were clear we didnt want to cannibalize existing business, which we havent. And I think that if you said that to her, shed actually be really happy. That is the Mecca magic.. 1-800-899-1535 | Our Stores: 1-888-645-5542. Especially because during the first year, I kept thinking of the statistic that nine out of 10 businesses fail in year one, so I knew I had better be pretty focused on how I differentiated myself from the average. And you can be all of those things as you take this wild, wild ride. "I try to recruit really strong people around me, and then give them enough rope to be able to learn in a way I learned.