Robin Tsai of VMG Partners: "We're delving into categories that are still a little amorphous"
Private equity firm VMG Partners has invested in some of beauty's biggest disrupters: Drunk Elephant, Briogeo and Perfect Diary. But the 16-year-old firm didn't have a firm playbook when it first star...
1 Apr 202143min
Jane Hertzmark Hudis of Estée Lauder Companies: "We are really brand builders over time"
During a full year of uncertainty and change, companies found few things they could bet on. But for Estée Lauder Companies, its hero product strategy provided to be fundamental. In its latest quarterl...
25 Mars 202139min
"I fell in love with what it promised": Casey Georgeson of Saint Jane on the power of luxury CBD
Casey Georgeson, founder and CEO of Saint Jane Beauty, was building brands for others, like LVMH's Kendo and Cupcake Vineyards, before she saw herself as a "founder." "I've always been that behind the...
18 Mars 202140min
L'Oréal technology incubator's Guive Balooch on marrying beauty and tech
Though a 15-year-veteran in beauty, Guive Balooch, head of L'Oréal's technology incubator, considers his outsider-turned-insider perspective a skill. Balooch started his professional career as an inst...
11 Mars 202140min
AmorePacific's Julien Bouzitat: "There's an explosion of access, brands and products"
When Julien Bouzitat, AmorePacific chief marketing and digital officer, started working in marketing in 2000, his proposed path ahead looked very different from what he does today. "In the early 2000s...
4 Mars 202131min
"It was all about pure creativity, pure grit:" Danessa Myricks on creating her beauty empire
As startup beauty brands and newly minted founders emerge almost daily, it's easy to forget that some companies are not made overnight. Take, for instance, makeup artist-turned-founder Danessa Myricks...
25 Feb 202133min
Tata Harper: "It was about making the best products in the world, always"
When Tata Harper launched her namesake skin-care brand over a decade ago, she was one of the first beauty pioneers who decided that all-natural formulations and luxury were not mutually exclusive. "It...
18 Feb 202140min
Hero Cosmetics' Ju Rhyu: "It was important that our company could stand on its own two feet"
K-beauty was certainly taking off in the U.S. in 2012. But, when Hero Cosmetics cofounder and CEO Ju Rhyu discovered hydrocolloid patches to treat acne in Korea, it was one innovation that had not lan...
11 Feb 202134min
