American businesswoman and culinary icon Martha Stewart was in India recently to take a tour of Welspun’s manufacturing facility in Gujarat’s Anjar. The Indian home textiles company has been producing Martha Stewart Living-branded products for beds and baths since 2019.
Popularly known as the queen of the domestic arts, 82-year-old Stewart is the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a media organisation that she built from scratch. Her 70-year-old career history includes being a model, institutional stockbroker, starting her empire through a catering business, publishing 99 successful cookbooks, and more. Stewart caught up with Forbes India for a candid chat, along with Dipali Goenka, CEO and managing director of Welspun Living, to talk about branching out manufacturing away from China, takeaways from the tough times [when she was convicted on felony charges], her take on the hybrid work model, and more. Edited excerpts: