Now recognizable to virtually every Arkansas basketball fan, Marsha Martin purposely flew under the radar for the 35 years she spent building her beauty company.
If it was up to her lawyer, that would still be the case.
When the successful businesswoman allowed the UA athletic department to publicize her $5 million donation in 2023, it was against the advice of the late Sam Hilburn, a well-known Little Rock attorney who died in January.
Don’t do that, Martin recalled him saying. You’ll have all kinds of people coming out of the woodwork, asking you for money.