sarah robb o'hagan
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE, YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE
Runner by morning, president of Gatorade by day and wife and mum of the Robb O'Hagans by night. Expert at juggling three kids, two citizenships, and three Series of G!
EVERYONE LOVES A SUCCESS story, particularly when it involves a Kiwi girl on the global stage ranked among Forbes magazine's Most Powerful Women in Sports. Chicago-based, Sarah Robb O'Hagan is the president of Gatorade
North America and global chief marketing officer for Gatorade – the sports energy supplement that relies on highly visible marketing associations with supreme athletes, including Usain Bolt, Serena Williams and Michael Jordan. In February Sarah did the long-haul to Queenstown for a sold-out Entrepreneurs' Organisation's conference where she shared her keys to
22 | www.hermagazine.co.nz
success with 400 influential businesspeople from around the world. She spoke about how consumer business has changed globally and how big brands have had to adapt – an area she has spent her business life perfecting. As clichéd as it is, the marketing guru had never intended to have
such success in the industry that her sister elected for her. With plans to pursue law or medicine, but lacking the grades to make it happen, Sarah turned to a Bachelor of Arts. However, her sister, Anna Brealey, 10 years her senior and also in marketing, quickly intervened. "If it wasn't for my sister, where would I be?" Sarah says. "It's a scary
