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How Every Woman Can Be “Self-Made”—with Nely Galán

Nely Galán - May 2019 Speaker of the Month

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Nely Galán - May 2019 Speaker of the Month

After emigrating from Cuba at the age of 4, Nely Galán became the first Latina president of entertainment for a major TV network, an Emmy award-winning producer, and New York Times best-selling author. In her words, she became “Self-Made,” and now she wants to teach every woman how to do it. Tune in to hear her story, the strategies that drove her success, and why she thinks the time has never been better for women to claim their power.

+ Ask Nely YOUR questions during a live Q&A on Tuesday, May 21st @ 1:00pm EDT!

+ Check out the free “Self Made Mastery” webinar series Nely mentions in the podcast

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NELY GALÁN is a Latina media dynamo and women’s empowerment advocate, dubbed the “Tropical Tycoon” by The New York Times Magazine. She is one of the entertainment industry’s savviest firebrand talents.  An immigrant and self-made media mogul, Galán was the first Latina president of a U.S. television network (Telemundo). She has owned and operated Galán Entertainment since 1994, helping to launch 10 groundbreaking television channels in Latin America, and has producing 700 episodes of programming across all genres, from reality series to sitcoms, telenovelas to talk shows, in both English and Spanish. In addition, Galán is the founder and president of Santa Clara LLC, a real estate development and investment company that has commercial and residential real estate holdings in multiple states. In 2008, Galán appeared on the first season of the NBC hit “The Celebrity Apprentice” with Donald Trump, where she raised $250,000 for her charity Count Me In for women entrepreneurship. After becoming self-made on her own terms, Galán has made it her mission to teach women—regardless of age or background—how they too can become entrepreneurs. Her most recent book is “SELF MADE: Becoming Empowered, Self-Reliant, and Rich in Every Way.”





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