At present, The Enterprise of Fashion is delighted to disclose the all-star jury of high business leaders for The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards, honouring the entrepreneurs shaping the way forward for the wonder business.
Shana Randhava, The Estée Lauder Firms’ New Incubation Ventures senior vice chairman, Priya Venkatesh, international chief merchandising officer at Sephora, Heela Yang, co-founder and CEO of Sol de Janeiro and Robin Tsai, normal accomplice at VMG Companions, will be a part of Imran Amed, BoF’s founder, CEO and editor-in-chief, and Priya Rao, government editor of The Enterprise of Magnificence to establish the winners of our inaugural awards based mostly on the next standards:
Inventive Execution: Entrepreneurs with distinctive model ideas based mostly on the creativity of their merchandise, packaging and advertising and marketing methods, making a demonstrable supply of aggressive benefit.
Enterprise Innovation: Entrepreneurs with revolutionary enterprise fashions, demonstrating clear enterprise momentum supported by sturdy financials.
Social Affect: Entrepreneurs which have a optimistic internet impression on their communities: the folks working of their provide chain, the purchasers they serve and the setting.
The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards search to attach high-potential magnificence entrepreneurs with business leaders, retail companions and traders who will help them take their companies to the subsequent stage.
To that finish, shortlisted finalists will likely be invited to attend The Enterprise of Magnificence International Discussion board in Napa Valley, California from June 3-5 to current to our jury. Final 12 months, attendees included main traders, executives from the world’s best-known magnificence corporations and entrepreneurial founders.
To use for The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards please click on right here, submissions value $500 and purposes shut Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.
Study extra about our skilled jury
Shana Randhava, senior vice chairman, The Estée Lauder Firms’ New Incubation Ventures
Shana Randhava is the senior vice chairman of New Incubation Ventures, The Estée Lauder Firms’ early-stage funding and incubation arm. Randhava and her group are chargeable for constructing a particular functionality for ELC to spend money on and create a pipeline of next-generation manufacturers for the conglomerate’s portfolio like Haeckels, Vyrao and Soften Season. Previous to creating NIV, Randhava led the New Enterprise Improvement group and was chargeable for shaping and executing ELC’s mergers and acquisition technique for Deciem, Dr. Jart+, Forest Necessities, By Killian and Too Confronted. She beforehand labored in funding banking and consulting, and holds an MBA from the Chicago Sales space Faculty of Enterprise.
Priya Venkatesh, international chief merchandising officer, Sephora
Priya Venkatesh is the worldwide chief merchandising officer for Sephora. In her position, Venkatesh is chargeable for main the merchandise strategic planning, in addition to the make-up, skincare, perfume, hair and wellness classes. Whereas overseeing the complete scope of Sephora’s merchandising groups globally, Venkatesh works to curate differentiated assortments for every area. In her 18-year tenure at Sephora, Venkatesh has targeted on class improvement, in addition to the preliminary introduction of Ok-Magnificence in status retail. She can be behind the launch of Pores and skin IQ, an instore skincare options diagnostic software.
Heela Yang, co-founder and CEO, Sol de Janeiro
Heela Yang is the co-founder of Sol de Janeiro, a physique care and perfume label. Underneath Yang’s management, the model has grown its assortment to over 30 merchandise, a lot of which have gone viral on social media, and reached an estimated international retail gross sales of $1 billion in 2023. In 2021, L’Occitane acquired a majority stake within the enterprise. Previous to founding Sol de Janeiro, Yang labored with manufacturers like Lancôme and Clinique. Yang holds a bachelor’s diploma from Harvard School and a grasp’s diploma from Yale College.
Robin Tsai, normal accomplice, VMG Companions
Robin Tsai is a Normal Accomplice at VMG Companions. Tsai joined VMG in 2009 and works carefully with founders and leaders of branded shopper product corporations. At VMG, Tsai has been chargeable for recognizing mega-brands like Drunk Elephant, K18 and Briogeo, and beforehand served on their boards. His confirmed eye for magnificence and wellness labels with excessive development potential has made him a sought-after advisor and investor, having additionally recognized Kosas, Shani Darden and the beverage model of Spindrift, all of which at the moment rely Tsai as a board member. Previous to VMG, Tsai was a guide at The Boston Consulting Group with a concentrate on shopper merchandise and retail, and labored as a center faculty historical past instructor at The SEED Public Constitution Faculty in Washington, D.C. Tsai graduated from Stanford College and acquired an MBA from the Stanford Graduate Faculty of Enterprise.
Imran Amed, CEO and editor-in-chief, The Enterprise of Style
Imran Amed is the Founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Enterprise of Style. He’s based mostly in London and shapes BoF’s general editorial technique and is the host of The BoF Podcast. Amed holds an MBA from Harvard Enterprise Faculty, a B.Com from McGill College and an honorary doctorate from Central Saint Martins School of Artwork & Design. Beforehand, Amed was a administration guide at McKinsey & Co.
Priya Rao, government editor, The Enterprise of Magnificence
Priya Rao is government editor at The Enterprise of Magnificence at BoF. She is predicated in New York and oversees BoF’s magnificence and wellness protection. Beforehand, Rao lined magnificence, wellness and podcasts at Shiny and created the narrative skin-lightening podcast Unfair. She has a Bachelors in English and Finance from The College of Texas, Austin.
The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards 2024 are made attainable by our Awards Companions The Estée Lauder Firms’ New Incubation Ventures and Sephora.
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