Barbara Bradley Baekgaard cofounded Vera Bradley in 1982 with her neighbor, Patricia Miller.
Pre-pandemic, she went to the office five days a week and jetted to New York at least once a month.
COVID-19 has forced Baekgaard to finally slow down, and she can (almost) picture retirement.
For three decades, Barbara Bradley Baekgaard followed the same routine, five days a week.
The 82-year-old cofounder of the handbag brand Vera Bradley woke up at 7 a.m., washed her hair, ate a bowl of cereal, and drove to the company s Fort Wayne, Indiana headquarters. By 6 p.m., she usually left the office to grab dinner with a colleague.