42-year-old turned $175,000 into a Pilates company—then sold it for $88.4 million: ‘I put every dollar I had’ into it

This story is part of CNBC Make It’s The Moment series, where highly successful people reveal the critical moment that changed the trajectory of their lives and careers, discussing what drove them to make the leap into the unknown.

Anne Mahlum stumbled into her first Pilates class in 2013. Seven months later, she threw all her savings — $175,000 worth — into launching her own version of the company.