Katia Beauchamp

Katia Beauchamp[1] is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Birchbox.

Katia Beauchamp
Born
Austin, Texas
Alma materBA, Vassar College
MBA, Harvard Business School
OccupationEntrepreneur

Early life and Education

Katia Beauchamp, (née Ververis), was born in Austin, Texas but moved to El Paso when she was four years old.[2] She was raised by her mother, who is of Mexican descent. Her father, who is Greek, lived in Germany. Beauchamp has a younger brother.[3]

Beauchamp attended several elementary schools in El Paso including Dr. Green Elementary School in West El Paso. She graduated from Coronado High School[2] and later attended Vassar College, graduating in 2005 with a double major in international studies and economics with a minor in Spanish.[1]

Career

After graduating from Vassar, Beauchamp began her career in structured finance and then moved into commercial real estate.[4] She founded Birchbox in 2010 while at Harvard Business School.[5]

In 2016, Beauchamp received the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award in recognition of her achievements in beauty.[6] She is of Mexican-American ethniticy.[5]

Beauchamp and her co-founder, Hayley Barna, were named to Inc. Magazine's "30 under 30" list in 2016.[7] The two were also named to Advertising Age's "Women to Watch" in 2012.[8] In 2013, Crain's New York Business included Beauchamp in their annual "30 Under 30" list.[9]

In February 2020, Beauchamp announced that Birchbox would be laying off 25% of its global workforce including half of its New York City-based staff. This followed an earlier round of layoffs in 2016 when the company shed 12% of its worldwide headcount.[10]

Personal life

Beauchamp met her husband, Greg,[11] when the two were 10 years old[8] and attending Dr, Green Elementary School in El Paso.[2] The couple were engaged on the playground where they first met. The couple has four children: a son, Niko, twin boys, Guy and Alec, and a daughter, West Winter.[12]

In 2016, Beauchamp's net worth was estimated at US $1billion.[13]

References
  1. "Boxing Beauty - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". vq.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. Arteaga, Elena (2016-04-14). "El Pasoan behind creation of Birchbox beauty company". KFOX. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  3. Stanton, Zack. "Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp on the entrepreneurship, being present and women in business". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  4. Rodulfo, Kristina (2015-10-14). "Finding Work-Life Balance With Birchbox Co-founder Katia Beauchamp". ELLE. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  5. Barrionuevo, Adrianna. "6 Beauty Brands You Didn't Know Were Started by Latinas". www.byrdie.com. Byrdie. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  6. "Katia Beauchamp (Beauty Pioneer Award)". Women's Entrepreneurship Day. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  7. Rubin, Courtney (2011-06-27). "Beauty Editor in a Box". Inc.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  8. "Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna, Birchbox". adage.com. 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  9. "40 Under 40 - Katia Beauchamp". Crain's New York Business. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  10. "Beauty retailer Birchbox cuts half of its NYC staff". Crain's New York Business. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  11. "Moms We Love: Katia Beauchamp". Motherly. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  12. DiTrolio, Megan (2019-10-14). "I Ran My Company on Bed Rest". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  13. Parker, Garrett (2017-01-04). "Katia Beauchamp: 10 Things You Did Not Know About the CEO of Birchbox". Money Inc. Retrieved 2020-08-26.


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