sprout pharmaceuticals

Cindy Whitehead has been selling stuff since high school. It started with convincing Fijians to start a cheerleading squad and evolved to selling cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, retail products on QVC and most recently, the Food & Drug Administration. The Raleigh entrepreneur and investor made a name for herself for lobbying the FDA to approve the first female-libido enhancing drug, her company’s brainchild Addyi. Just after the historic event happened in 2015, Whitehead sold her company Sprout Pharmaceuticals for $1 billion. She’s selling a different sort of product now—the experience and insights that came from 20 years building businesses. The Pink Ceiling...