The Tastemaker: Sophia Amoruso
Founder & CEO, Nasty Gal @sophia_amoruso
Age: 29 Bragging rights: Turned an eBay store peddling vintage threads into an e-commerce monster, thanks to her savvy use of social media. Nasty Gal boasts more than 920,000 Instagram followers and just about as many likes on Facebook. Last year's sales were $240 million. Big backer: Serial fashion investor Danny Rimer of Index Ventures, who has seeded Etsy, ASOS, and Net-a-Porter, kicked in close to $50 million.