The Art of Finding Your Passion in Business with Kimberly Schlegel WhitmanBusiness Acceleration 2.0

TV HOST, AUTHOR, LIFESTYLE EXPERT, EDITOR-AT-LARGE OF SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE

With a talent for making the ordinary extraordinary Kimberly Schlegel Whitman has taken her original and clever take on parties and created an entrepreneurial empire. While planning her own Idlewild Debutante Ball in Dallas, Texas, Kimberly found an undiscovered opportunity—a lack of quality goods for party rentals. In 1998, a quick-thinking Kimberly launched her own event company, RSVP Soiree Luxury Event Rentals, and, after building up a wonderful business, sold it in 2006. She also took the century-old RSVP Social Calendar online in 1999 and created an online resource with a comprehensive list of Dallas’ finest charitable events at www.RSVPcalendar.com. In 2015, she sold the website to CultureMap and they continue to maintain it. Kimberly’s success in this field led to the publication of eight books on entertaining, countless television appearances, a daily radio segment on CBS’s 103.7 KVIL, Dallas’ number one morning radio show, and a spot as co-host of KTXD’s live daily television talk show, Texas Living.  In 2011, she became the Editor-at-Large of Southern Living Magazine, the seventh-largest monthly paid consumer magazine in the nation.  In 2015 Kimberly joined forces with sorority sister and calligraphy artist Jen O’Neal to create a line of table linens that brings classic designs to the modern hostess.  Halo Home by KSW’s monogrammable linens and popular emoji cocktail napkins are found in over 200 stores across the country.  In 2018, the pair sold Halo Home to Mariana Barran de Goodall, the founder of Hibiscus Linens.