Carolyn Aronson
“I think I definitely surprised a lot of people,” says Carolyn Aronson, owner of the 164ft Jon Bannenberg designed Oceanfast She’s A10 (formerly known as Mystique), and founder of It’s A10 Haircare. Having never chartered, or “even been around anyone that had yachts on this level before”, Aronson “dove head first” into yacht ownership six years ago.
“I probably broke all the rules along the way,” she laughs. “When I moved to Harbor Beach [in Fort Lauderdale] I really wanted to own a yacht, and I wanted something that would fit in the back of my yard that was 80ft, 100ft long... I never expected to end up with a 164-footer, but it was a case of go big or go home. My friends and family couldn’t wait to get on board, but I’m sure what they were really thinking, “What the hell is she getting herself into?
No stranger to grabbing life by the horns, Aronson has forged an enormous haircare empire that sells more than $500 million worth of products and supplies to salons across the US each year – from
