The Road to Retail
Dec 17, 2024
Margaret Smith, Los Gatos Retail Business Owner
The Road to Retail

Margaret Smith is a long-time resident of Los Gatos and owner of Domus, the iconic kitchen and home accessories store that re-opened in downtown Los Gatos in Fall of 2023. Prior to Domus, Margaret was a business attorney with her own law practice in Los Altos, California.  She is the recipient of a number of business awards, both local and national. Margaret was selected as the Business Person of the Year by the Los Gatos Chamber, the Woman Business Owner of the Year by the San Jose Business Journal, and was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame as the result of her leadership as the National President of the National Association of Women Business Owners, an organization representing the 10 million women- owned businesses in the United States. Margaret is credited with negotiating the first Women’s Entrepreneur Loan Fund with Wells Fargo Bank which established a $1 Billion loan fund for US women entrepreneurs. Within a few short years, the loan fund grew and, as of 2022, the Fund had loaned over $59 Billion to women-owned businesses.  Margaret is a graduate of George Washington University and received her law degree from Santa Clara University. She is the proud grandmother of four grandchildren who all attended Los Gatos schools. She is also a Los Gatos Rotarian!