Debbi Fields

By leed1
  • Ball Girls

    In 1969, Oakland Athletics owner Charles O. Finley introduced ball girls to major league baseball. Debbi was one of the first hired. She used to the money to buy ingredients for what would become her famous cookies.
  • Opening of first store

    Debbi began her business in 1977
  • Became president and CEO

    She became president and CEO of Mrs. Fields cookies.
  • Moving the company

    She moved the company to Park City, Utah in 1982.
  • Mrs. Fields Children's Health Foundation.

    Established Mrs. Fields Children's Health Foundation.
  • First Autobiography

    Her first book was an autobiography written in 1987 and published by Simon & Schuster
  • New Computer System

    In 1989, Debbi used a state of the art computer system to streamline operations and production schedules for her cookies.
  • Selling The Business

    In 1993, she sold her investment in Mrs. Fields Cookies to private investors.
  • TV

    Appeared in Public Television series.