Co-Founder and CEO
BirchBox
Katia Beauchamp is the Co-Founder and CEO of Birchbox, the beauty subscription brand that brings members access to the newest and best in high-end beauty. Launched in September 2010 and named WWD Beauty Inc’s Digital Innovator of the Year, Birchbox reimagines beauty retail online. Subscribers receive a monthly box of 4-5 deluxe, curated samples and visit birchbox.com to learn more via articles and videos and purchase full-size versions of the products they love. Through this novel retail and marketing channel, customers are able to touch and feel an editor’s selection of products in their own homes. With subscribers in all 50 states and a growing list of more than 150 fantastic beauty partners including NARS, Kerastase, Stila and Deborah Lippmann, Birchbox gives beauty brands access to engaged consumers in a grassroots, but glossy environment. Named one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30, Katia attended Harvard Business School where she met her business partner Hayley Barna and discovered her entrepreneurial ambitions.