Alice Combs was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1942. In the 1970s she planned to help rebuild her boyfriend's dead but supposedly formerly thriving business. She discovered his business had never been successful-until she made it so. By 1977 she had bought the boyfriend's share and dumped him. Alice's business, Vulcan Wire, of which she still owns 34 percent, is still growing.
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During the 1970s, Alice Combs, undeterred by a former employer’s snobbish pronouncement, “You’re not corporate material,” transformed herself from divorced mother on food stamps to successful entrepreneur. Resolute, Alice overcame her initial ... SEE MORE