Debbie Bolton
Debbie Bolton
Debbie Bolton is the Chief Sales Officer for the Company that she co-founded, Norwex, which aims to reduce the number of chemicals used in our homes. She is known for her Good samaritan act of buying a plane ticket for a man's young daughter after it was revealed that she was old enough for her to have her own plane ticket.
Background
Debbie Bolton was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and raised in Dauphin, Manitoba in the country of Canada.
Education
She attended Western Christian College in Canada and studied the Bible. She then attended Northern Michigan University to study Cosmetology.
Good Samaratin
On Wednesday, the 8th of March, 2017, Debbie was coming back from a flight from Omaha, Nebraska when she saw a man in distressed after he had spoken with the agent. It turns out that his daughter had turned two years old since the time that he had bought his own ticket. Debbie then walked over to the man and asked him what was wrong. She then headed over the agent and asked to buy the girl's plane ticket. She took out her credit card and purchased the ticket. *
Reports say that the man asked for her name in order to pay her back some time in the future but she brushed it off and told the man not to worry about it.
She spent nearly $749.
Her act of kindness has since gone viral after a Facebook post was shared with the details of what had happened. The post received more than 40 thousand shares on Facebook.
Career
Debbie at a live event giving a talk.
Some time after college nad going through different jobs, she eventually became the Vice President of Sales for Lantana Fashions where she thrive for years.
After years working in sales, she co-founded Norwex in Canada and became its CEO. She served the position for almost 20 years before stepping down and becoming the Senior Vice President of Sales. She leads sales operation and it is thanks to her vision and leadership that the company does well.
With 28 years of experience and expertise in the home party industry, Debbie is an asset to the sales team at Norwex.
In 2008, she won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Business to Consumer Division in the Canadian Prairie Region.