Melody Holt

Background

Melody Holt was born on November 11, 1985, in Brundidge, Alabama, United States, and raised by her African-American mother, Vanessa Rodgers Tracy. Her parents never married, and she did not speak to her father till she was a teenager. She graduated from Alabama A.&M. University with a B.S. in English Language Arts.

After graduating, Holt worked as an English teacher at a middle school, where she met her future husband, Martell Holt, and in early 2007, they began dating. A year later, on July 20, 2008, she married him, thus taking his name. Eventually, they both quit their jobs and started a lawn care business and within seven years, they transformed their idea into a multi-million dollar Holt & Holt Entrepreneurship. They expanded their services to home restoration, cleaning, and expansion. They have four children, including a son named Martell, and three daughters, Maliah, Malani, and Mariah. The Holts co-authored a book, The 9-5 Entrepreneur: Twelve Questions to Consider Before Taking the Leap, which includes advice and strategies they employed to turn their small business into a family empire.

In 2019, they starred on the OWN show Love & Marriage: Huntsville with two other couples, Marsau and LaTisha Scott and Maurice and Kimmi Scott. The idea behind the show was to follow the lives of African-American couples who join hands to support the thriving city of Huntsville, Alabama, backed by their real estate revenues. The duos, who have been friends for a long time, balance the responsibilities of marriage and society with the realities of love. Unfortunately, Holt confessed in the season premiere that she was trying to get a divorce while pregnant since her spouse was a serial cheater. For three years, Martell Holt had been having an affair.

Holt is an influential and high-earning journalist in the United States. She currently serves as the chair of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Women’s Business Council (W.B.C.) and as an advisor to the College of Business and Public Affairs at her alma mater, Alabama A.&M. University. Holt is also a member of the Women’s Economic Development Council (W.E.D.C.). She released two songs in 2021, Tell-Tale Signs on March 19 and Sidechick Award on December 17. Early in 2022, Holt released a line of five lipstick shades called Seventh Avenue Beauty in collaboration with Posner Cosmetics. Her future projects include a mentorship program to teach hopeful entrepreneurs about building a profitable brand, prioritizing goals, and more.