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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.
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Debbi began her business in 1977
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She became president and CEO of Mrs. Fields cookies.
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She moved the company to Park City, Utah in 1982.
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Established Mrs. Fields Children's Health Foundation.
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Her first book was an autobiography written in 1987 and published by Simon & Schuster
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In 1989, Debbi used a state of the art computer system to streamline operations and production schedules for her cookies.
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In 1993, she sold her investment in Mrs. Fields Cookies to private investors.
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Appeared in Public Television series.