# Emily Weiss > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Weiss > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Weiss.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Weiss > Source revision: 1342326391 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American businesswoman}} {{about|the American businesswoman|the American research chemist|Emily A. Weiss}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Emily Weiss | image = Emily-weiss-2017.jpg | caption = Weiss in 2017 | birth_name = Emily Weiss | birth_date = {{birth date and age|March 22, 1985}} | birth_place = | education = [New York University](/source/New_York_University) | occupation = Founder, former CEO, and chairwoman of Glossier | partner = Will Gaybrick | children = 1 }} '''Emily Weiss''' (born March 22, 1985) is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and former CEO of the cosmetics company [Glossier](/source/Glossier_Skincare){{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/former-executive-assistant-glossier-emily-weiss-explains-dynamic-2022-10| title=A former assistant to Glossier founder Emily Weiss explains their 'intimate dynamic' and how tricky it was to build relationships with other staff| website=[Business Insider](/source/Business_Insider)| language=en |access-date=2022-10-28}} and the blog ''Into the Gloss''. She was featured in a ''[Forbes](/source/Forbes)'' [30 Under 30](/source/Forbes_30_Under_30) list in 2015.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Exclusive: Ex–Glossier employees describe a company that failed to support Black workers—even as it donated $1 million to racial justice causes |url=https://fortune.com/2020/08/18/glossier-black-workers-donation-support-black-lives-ceo-emily-weiss/ |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=[Fortune](/source/Fortune_(magazine))|date= August 18, 2020}} In 2019, she was included in [''Time'' magazine](/source/Time_(magazine))'s "Next 100".{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/time-100-next-2019/5718865/emily-weiss/|title=Time 100 Next 2019: Emily Weiss|magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))|access-date=February 2, 2020}} In May 2022, she stepped down as Glossier’s CEO and became executive chairwoman, with Kyle Leahy taking over as CEO.{{Cite web |title=Glossier CEO Emily Weiss Steps Down |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/topics/glossier-ceo-emily-weiss-steps-down/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Business of Fashion |date=May 24, 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Alisha Haridasani |date=2022-05-26 |title=The Sunsetting of the Girlboss Is Nearly Complete |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/style/glossier-emily-weiss.html |access-date=2022-05-27 |issn=0362-4331}} ==Early life== Emily Weiss was raised in [Wilton, Connecticut](/source/Wilton%2C_Connecticut). Her father worked for [Pitney Bowes](/source/Pitney_Bowes) and her mother stayed at home. In high school, Weiss interned at [Ralph Lauren](/source/Ralph_Lauren_Corporation) for two summers and briefly had a modeling career.{{Cite news|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/298014|title=How Glossier Hacked Social Media to Build A Cult-Like Following|last=Giacobbe|first=Alyssa|date=August 15, 2017|work=Entrepreneur|access-date=December 8, 2017}} While interning at ''[Teen Vogue](/source/Teen_Vogue)'' in college, she appeared on ''[The Hills](/source/The_Hills_(TV_series))'' on a three-episode arc with [Lauren Conrad](/source/Lauren_Conrad) and [Whitney Port](/source/Whitney_Port).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/culture/fashion-star-cameos-the-hills-15487|title=Fashion Stars You Completely Forgot Cameoed In 'The Hills'|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=October 30, 2018}} Weiss graduated from [New York University](/source/New_York_University) in 2007 with a degree in studio art. She was a fashion assistant at ''[W](/source/W_(magazine))'' magazine and an on-set styling assistant for ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))'' where she assisted Elissa Santisi. ==Career== ===''Into the Gloss''=== Weiss launched ''Into the Gloss'', a blog featuring predominantly interviews with women, in September 2010. She stayed at her day job at ''Vogue'' and worked on ''Into the Gloss'' in the mornings between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. A popular series on the blog is ''Top Shelf'', where subjects are interviewed in their bathrooms and photos of their shelves and medicine cabinets are featured. Interviewees included [Jenna Lyons](/source/Jenna_Lyons) and [Karlie Kloss](/source/Karlie_Kloss).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/fashion/emily-weiss-of-into-the-gloss-creates-a-skincare-line.html|title=Emily Weiss: the Beauty Guru for Millennials|last=Jacobs|first=Alexandra|date=March 10, 2015|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|access-date=December 8, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} By early 2012, the site had more than 200,000 unique visitors per month. By May 2016, the site had had 1.3 million visitors.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/10/how-emily-weiss-grew-glossier-from-millennial-catnip-to-billion-dollar-juggernaut|title=How Emily Weiss's Glossier Grew From Millennial Catnip to Billion-Dollar Juggernaut|last=Meltzer|first=Marisa|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=March 31, 2020}} After Weiss reached 10 million page views per month and acquired corporate partnerships for the site and a small staff, she quit her job at ''Vogue'' to focus on her own business. ===Glossier=== In 2014, Weiss started approaching [venture capitalist](/source/venture_capitalist)s with ideas for expansion, including a potential ''Into the Gloss''-curated [e-commerce](/source/e-commerce) platform. Weiss eventually raised $2 million in seed funding, with the help of venture capitalist [Kirsten Green](/source/Kirsten_Green), the founder of San Francisco-based Forerunner Ventures.{{Cite web|date=December 29, 2019|title=Glossier founder Emily Weiss: 'Beauty has very little to do with looks'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/dec/29/glossier-cult-beauty-brand-founder-interview|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=the Guardian}} Weiss used this initial investment to hire a small team and launch Glossier.com. In October 2014, Weiss introduced Glossier's first four products on her ''Into the Gloss'' blog and announced the launch of Glossier.com. According to Polina Marinova of ''[Fortune](/source/Fortune_(magazine))'', Weiss "quietly turned Glossier into one of the most disruptive brands in beauty."{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2018/12/12/term-sheet-wednesday-december-12/|title=Term Sheet -- Wednesday, December 12|website=Fortune|access-date=March 31, 2020}} She initially pitched the company to 12 firms, with 11 not interested.{{Citation|title=Term Sheet: A Year of Mega-Deals|url=http://fortune.com/2018/12/12/term-sheet-wednesday-december-12/|work=[Fortune](/source/Fortune_(magazine))}} In February 2018, Weiss released that Glossier had successfully raised an additional $52 million in a Series C round of funding.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jannamandell/2018/02/22/glossier-just-got-52-million-in-fresh-capital-bringing-total-funding-to-86-million/#4b90a09612b6|title=Glossier Just Got $52 Million In Fresh Capital, Bringing Total Funding To $86 Million|last=Mandell|first=Janna|work=Forbes|access-date=March 6, 2018}} In March 2019, Weiss announced that Glossier had officially raised $100 million in a Series D round of funding and was valued at $1.2 billion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/glossier-tops-billion-dollar-valuation-with-latest-funding-11552993200|title=Glossier Tops Billion-Dollar Valuation With Latest Funding|last1=Roof|first1=Katie|date=March 19, 2019|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=April 22, 2019|last2=Chernova|first2=Yuliya|issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2019/03/19/glossier-raises-100m-and-now-has-a-billion-dollar-valuation/#44f4ec7b720d|title=Glossier Raises $100M And Now Has A Billion-Dollar Valuation|last=Gross|first=Elana Lyn|date=March 19, 2019|website=Forbes|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} In August 2020, Weiss and the company were accused of failing to support Black workers at the organization.{{Cite web |title=Ex–Glossier employees describe a company that failed to support Black workers—even as it donated $1 million to racial justice causes |date=August 18, 2020 |url=https://fortune.com/2020/08/18/glossier-black-workers-donation-support-black-lives-ceo-emily-weiss/}} In May 2022, Weiss stepped down as CEO of Glossier, but stayed on its board as executive chairwoman. Kyle Leahy, Glossier's former chief marketing officer, took over as CEO. ==Awards and recognition== * Featured in ''[Forbes](/source/Forbes)'' [30 Under 30](/source/Forbes_30_Under_30) (2015). * Included in [''Time''](/source/Time_(magazine)) ''Time 100 Next'' (2019).{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/time-100-next-2019/5718865/emily-weiss/|title=Time 100 Next 2019: Emily Weiss|magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))|access-date=February 2, 2020}} ==Personal life== In 2016, Weiss married photographer Diego Dueñas in the Bahamas. The union was short-lived. In 2020, Weiss became engaged to Will Gaybrick, a senior executive at [Stripe](/source/Stripe_(company)).{{Cite web|last=Leskin|first=Paige|title=Glossier founder Emily Weiss and Stripe executive Will Gaybrick are engaged. Here are 14 other power couples who rule the tech world.|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-power-couples-2019-1|access-date=October 16, 2020|website=Business Insider|date=March 19, 2020 }}{{Cite web|title=Glossier Founder Emily Weiss Is Engaged: See Her Gorgeous Ring|url=https://people.com/style/glossier-founder-emily-weiss-is-engaged/|access-date=October 16, 2020|website=[People](/source/People_(magazine))}} The couple announced they were expecting a baby in June 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/celebrities-expecting-babies-in-2022-26534|title = Adriana Lima is Currently Expecting Her Third Child and the Pregnancy Announcement is Everything| date=June 5, 2022 }} On June 29, Emily posted on her Instagram announcing the birth of her daughter, Clara Lion Weissbrick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZJcMZrzg_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=|title = @emilyweiss on June 29th, 2022}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book |last1=Meltzer |first1=Marisa |title=Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier |date=2023 |publisher=One Signal Publishers |location=New York |isbn=978-1982190606}} ==External links== * [http://fortune.com/40-under-40/emily-weiss-39/ Emily Weiss at ''Forbes'' 40 Under 40] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817110839/http://fortune.com/40-under-40/emily-weiss-39/ |date=August 17, 2018 }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Emily}} Category:Living people Category:Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni Category:American women company founders Category:American businesspeople in the cosmetics industry Category:American women bloggers Category:American bloggers Category:1985 births Category:21st-century American businesspeople Category:21st-century American businesswomen Category:People from Wilton, Connecticut Category:Businesspeople from Connecticut --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emily Weiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Weiss) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Weiss?action=history)). 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