By Emily Scoular
Liz Gaspari, first-generation Afghan-American businesswoman, philanthropist, and social activist, is one of the most powerful women in the male-dominated sports nutritional supplement industry. She is the recipient of the Mike O’Hearn/Croton Warrior Award and Most Powerful Woman in Sports Nutrition award from Musclemag magazine, profiled in Men’s Health, Muscular Development, Muscle Fitness, Millennium, and Sports Nutrition Insider, among many other publications.
The entrepreneur has been entrenched in the nutritional supplement industry for over fifteen years and her success has made her into one of the most powerful and influential people in the sports nutrition industry. Gaspari’s portfolio includes taking the Gaspari Nutrition brand from a regional supplier and turning it into a global presence. She is responsible for helping to build Gaspari Nutrition into a monster business that has generated over 100 million dollars a year in sales.
Gaspari has single-handedly developed massively successful vendor relationships domestically and abroad. Her strong business experience coupled with her ability to build solid and long-lasting client relationships helped Gaspari break international barriers and placed her product into the good graces of retailers across the globe.
When Gaspari started in this industry over 15 years ago, she didn’t know how her story was going to end, but she knew she was in charge of her own destiny, and therefore, it was going to end big. “I’ve now got the greatest business team behind me and I am, once again, ready to make sports supplement history,” says Gaspari.
After taking Gaspari Nutrition to extreme heights, she quickly became known as the “Sports Supplement Queen.” She sold the company, and went on to join forces with multi-Grammy winner and star of VH1’s Love and Hip Hop, Stevie J. The two launched Athletic Elite 10 and DangerZone Hardcore Series, and just recently, they signed a 3-year exclusivity deal for both brands in Chile with Juan Garcia, owner of Sport Kote Spa for a six figure per year deal.
Because Gaspari is her own boss, she’s able to work from home quite a bit. She finds that being able to run her businesses at home while also spending quality time with her two children has been beneficial to the success of her businesses. With many achievements, Liz Gaspari stays true to herself, down-to-earth and helps friends with endeavors. Visit http://www.lizgaspari.com/.
