Olga Litvinenko (businesswoman)

Olga Litvinenko is a Ukrainian-American businessperson and founder of Olga and Company as well as Lola & Leone fragrances and candles. She was named Miss Connecticut USA in 2017.

This article is about a businesswoman. For the Russian former politician, see Olga Litvinenko.

Early life

Olga Litvinenko was born in the Ukraine, and her family moved to the United States in 1993—living in Greenwich, Connecticut.[1] She was named Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2007.[2] She later graduated from Syracuse University.[3] In 2016 she was named Miss Greenwich,[4] and in 2017 went on to become Miss Connecticut USA.[5] In 2018 she was a finalist at the Miss Ukraine Universe competition.[6]

Career

In 2016, Litvinenko founded a marketing agency in Greenwich, Connecticut.[7] Litvinenko later founded the consulting company Olga and Company and served as the Next Generation’s president of the T.J. Martell Foundation.[8] In the late 2010s Litvinenko developed a perfume in the south of France,[9] and started a fragrance company called Lola & Leone.[1] She has donated part of her sales from the perfumes to the group Friends of Autistic People.[10]

Personal life

Litvinenko is an amateur long-distance runner, completing the New York City marathon in 2016.[4]

References
  1. Michelle Moskowitz (June 23, 2018). "Litvinenko, Former Miss CT, Launches Signature Perfume". Greenwich Sentinel.
  2. Robert Marchant (November 16, 2016). "Greenwichite enjoys new title: Miss Connecticut, looks to future". Associated Press.
  3. "Greenwich, New Canaan residents win Miss Connecticut pageants". Stamford Advocate. November 13, 2016.
  4. Robert Marchant (November 12, 2016). "Miss Greenwich has hopes for Miss Connecticut crown". Greenwich Time.
  5. REGINA GARCIA CANO (May 12, 2017). "5 immigrant women vie for Miss USA pageant title". Associated Press via Connecticut Post.
  6. Clara Morgan (September 8, 2018). "Lola & Leone Perfume – A Q&A with Founder Olga Litvinenko". News Whistle.
  7. Phil Hall (May 30, 2017). "Revving Up A Luxury Market". Wag Magazine.
  8. Jennifer Turiano (May 22, 2017). "Greenwich beauty queen reflects on her loss at Miss USA and what comes next". Greenwich Time.
  9. Ann Grenier. "THE ESSENCE OF LOLA & LEONE". Resident Magazine.
  10. Ken Borsuk (April 11, 2018). "Friends of Autistic People spreads the word on music therapy program". Greenwich Time.


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