The incredible CEO of popular hair product brand, TGIN, Thank God it’s Natural, Chris-Tia Donaldson, has passed away. According to unofficial reports, Donaldson was 42.
TGIN finance and human resources manager and Chris-Tia’s niece made the announcement through her Instagram late Sunday afternoon.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our founder and CEO, Chris-Tia Donaldson…TGIN and TGIN foundation has lost a leader and a visionary. And the world has lost a selfless human being. Chris-Tia lived a life of service and was a force to be reckoned with inside and outside the beauty community. Through her passion and purpose, she redefined beauty and created a community of female empowerment teaching us the importance of advocating for ourselves.”
Her spirit and her words of encouragement as a breast cancer survivor resonated with so many. She released her first book, Thank God I’m Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for and Maintaining Natural Hair, in the summer of 2009. It was quickly heralded at the “The Natural Hair Bible.”
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The book dispelled some of the most common myths and misconceptions about kinky hair. It also gave women a much-needed resource for how to embrace their coils.
Prior to starting her own company, Donaldson represented Fortune 500 companies in complex business transactions involving technology and open-source code. Donaldson earned her A.B. in Economics from Harvard University with high honors and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
In 2013, she started making her products in the kitchen with the help of her family. By 2015, the products became a viable company with revenue topping $1 million.
In 2015, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but it was something that was not on her mind, nor her health record.
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“I was just 36 at the time of my diagnosis,” explained Donaldson to BlackDoctor.org in 2017. “When I thought of breast cancer, I thought of
