Independent National Sales Director Emeritus
Ann Robinette
Austin, Texas

FORMER OCCUPATION:
Homemaker

HIGHLIGHTS:
Began, October 1973; Independent Sales Director, August 1974; Independent National Sales Director, July 1994; Annual Go-Give Award, July 1989

A happy heart. Independent National Sales Director Emeritus Ann Robinette will always remember the words Mary Kay Ash spoke in January 1974 at a small event in New Jersey: “If you become successful in Mary Kay and lose your family in the process, don’t consider yourself successful at all.”

It was this priority that convinced Ann to continue building a Mary Kay business. “My original intention was to start my business in October, make enough money to buy my husband a surprise Christmas gift, and get out in January,” Ann recalls. Mary Kay’s words changed her mind.

“Those words filled my heart so full that I knew I was where God intended me to be,” Ann says. “While enjoying my life to the fullest, I have never felt my business was placed before my family. I have never had to look back and say, ‘I wish I had.’ This career allows us to put God first, family second and career third and still make it to the top.”

Ann has shared the rewards of her business with her children and now her grandchildren. “My business allowed me many privileges and lots of fun things like shopping trips, Disney vacations, season tickets to plays, and acting and singing classes that all special grandchildren deserve,” she says. To them, she’s the most successful grandmother of all.