Julie Spear Merritt

 

Age: 30

Hometown: Houston

Undergraduate Degree: Southern Methodist University

Business School: Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Last Job: Geological engineer for Shell Oil Co.

Immediate Plans: To move to North Carolina with her husband and find a job with a furniture maker or a real estate developer

Long-term Goal: To have her own company that markets architecture-related products

Greatest Achievement: Placing among the top 20 women in the Heart of Dixie Triathlon in 1982

Business Hero: H. Ross Perot

Quote: "I would love to be part of something that's successful and to help it become even more successful."