India, Oct. 23 -- Rati Sahi Levesque joined luxury resale marketplace The RealReal as its first employee in 2011. Fifteen years later, she leads a business that generated nearly $693 million in revenue in 2025. Along the way, she has learnt that leading a company is not just about making the right decisions, but also recognising when those decisions need to change.

In an interview with CNBC Make It, Levesque, who became CEO in October 2024, shared a key lesson from her 15 years at the company, emphasising the importance of being open to the possibility of being wrong.

"One of the biggest lessons I've learned is not to get too attached to being right," she said, reflecting on her experience at the company.

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