This “High Priestess of Homemaking” was brought up in ordinary surroundings in Jersey City, New Jersey but became a self-made business magnate, author, magazine publisher and television personality. A divorced mother of one, Stewart briefly dated Sir Anthony Hopkins but couldn’t help associating him with his Silence of the Lambs character, Hannibal Lecter, and so ended the relationship. Now worth some $638 million, she was jailed briefly in 2004 after being convicted of insider trading but has made a remarkable comeback in the years since. Stewart lives in Katonahm, New York and also has a 35,000 square residence named Skylands on Mount Desert Island, Seal Habor, Maine that formerly belonged to Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford. America’s “Queen of Entertaining” is a lady who has worked extremely hard and as a result she is deservedly one of the world’s most successful businesswomen.
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“she is deservedly one of the world’s most successful businesswomen” hardly follows “she was jailed briefly in 2004 after being convicted of insider trading”.
She is a crook. Anyone can be “successful” if they are crook.
Sorry Matthew, you called this one wrong.
Martha is a good woman who made a mistake and she has paid for it. She has moved on and you ought to do the same. We all make mistakes and she has done much good through her foundation: http://www.marthastewart.com/foundation