Melissa Ben-Ishay

ABOUT MELISSA BEN-ISHAY

Entrepreneur, owner, and one of the creators of the cupcake company Baked By Melissa. She has more than 1.1 million followers on her bakedbymelissa Instagram account.

She worked as an assistant media planner in 2008, hated the job, and was shortly fired.

Her company has more than a dozen locations.

She and her brother would spend their childhood vacations on the beach dreaming of business ideas they could pursue.

She and Florian Bellanger are both known for their cupcakes.