Who would still answer the phone at 3am?
For Victoria Gross, power isn’t the room you enter, the name on the guest list or the club that lets you in. It’s knowing who would actually pick up the phone.
At 25, she arrived in London from Düsseldorf with two suitcases. Today, she runs a deliberately boutique executive search firm built on relationships, discretion and an international network spanning luxury, media and private offices.
But Gross has learned that access isn’t influence -and a long contact list isn’t the same as having people who believe in you. Her story is about financial independence, knowing your value, opening doors for other women and refusing to trade substance for status.
Victoria Gross opens DT500 POWER Series: twelve London women, seven questions, one bigger question — whose door are you opening?