Why Attend
The No.1 Meeting Place For Beauty Business Partnering
In a world where businesses like Kylie Cosmetics can go from zero to $420 million in sales in just 18 months, and M&A activity continues to thrive, there is plenty of opportunity for new entrants from both Beauty and from Money to take advantage of the booming industry.
The Beauty & Money Summit is THE destination for the hottest M&A-ready independent beauty brands to connect with Strategic and Financial Buyers looking to build even more enterprise value with their next acquisition or investment.
We are so proud watching our previous Beauty Spotlight Finalists grow from strength to strength. They continue to be part of our community, offering their advice to the new generation of independent beauty brands.
Three of our finalists from the inaugral Beauty Spotlight at the 2017 New York Summit, have since gone on to receive significant investment!
Beauty Bakerie has since raised capital from Unilever Ventures, whilst Scentbird has achieved a Series A funding round of $18.6m and Pulp Riot has been acquired by L’Oréal.
Join 250+ of the most innovative beauty companies, strategic buyers and investors looking for the next big opportunity and you will:
- Discover the latest key trends and hot topics transforming the beauty industry.
- Uncover key areas of growth and innovation in skincare, colour cosmetics, haircare, fragrance and beauty technology.
- Recognise the future of beauty and hear from 12 independent beauty brands, handpicked by the prestigious selection committee, showcasing their products and innovations.
- Share experiences and network with leading brands, investors and industry supporting companies and beauty influencers shaping the industry.
See what we got up to in LA
Who Will Be There
The Beauty Spotlight
12 independent beauty brands, hand-picked by the prestigious Selection Committee, introduce themselves and their products on the main stage, in a quick fire round of presentations.
The Final 12 presenting in New York can now be found here. They were chosen by a Prestigious Selection Commitee and from a record number of applications.
Congratulations to our 12 Finalists - they are a fantastic group of brands that'll be well worth coming to meet onsite in New York.
Selection Committee
Bee Shapiro
Kelly Kovack
Conor Begley
Gillian Gorman Round
Julia French
Emmanuel Rey
Benedict Auld
Sonya Brown
Laura Delgado
Justine Mannering
The Speakers
Michael Sampson
Michael Sampson is a brand expert with a career spent leading in large multi-nationals, start-ups and scaling organizations. Currently he is the CEO of Kate Somerville Skincare LLC, an innovator in prestige beauty building a global footprint focusing on channel diversification, product development, digital strategy and consumer engagement. Born in the UK and having lived in Brussels, Belgium, St. Paul, MN, Boston, Philadelphia, New York and now Los Angeles, Michaels movement has been a result of success in numerous functions, categories and channels. Michael started his career and developed with over a decade at L’Oréal holding multiple senior positions. He then led multi brand creation and development as portfolio President at incubator Hatchbeauty LLC, and ran vertical integration as well as new business acquisition thereafter.
Michael serves on the board of a startup tech company in the professional beauty industry called DirectTips LLC focusing on communication and mobile banking. He is also a Business and Strategy Advisor / Mentor for TrendSeeder Corp, an education ecosystem focusing on fashion, beauty, health & wellness innovators
Alejandro Vicente
Alejandro Vicente is currently the SVP, Head of Global M&A at Coty Inc. where he also serves as Chairman of Younique since February 2017. Prior to joining Coty in September 2016, he was Global Head of Consumer Goods Industry at JPMorgan where he worked for 17 years including 8 years as Managing Director and where he worked on more than 40 Consumer Goods transactions across M&A, DCM and ECM in EMEA and globally worth $100bn+. He started his career at Procter & Gamble where he worked for 4 years including in the European Headquarters. He speaks fluently English, Spanish and French.
Sarah Brown
Sarah is a Vogue Contributing Editor, award-winning writer, noted beauty authority, brand advisor and strategist. She began her career at ELLE magazine, where she was named a Senior Editor by the age of 23. As Beauty Director of Vogue, she oversaw beauty content for the magazine, collaborated with many of the world’s most talented writers, photographers and stylists, and contributed to philanthropic Vogue initiatives like Seventh on Sale, Fashion’s Night Out, and the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Design Challenge. In 2015, after 15 years at the magazine, she launched Sarah Brown Advisory. Sarah is the recipient of the 2006 Skin Cancer Foundation Skin Sense Award, the 2014 March of Dimes Spirit of Beauty Award, and the 2015 Skin Cancer Foundation Skin Sense Media Award. She received a B.A. from Vassar College, and is a graduate of the Radcliffe Publishing Course.
Mariya Nurislamova,
Gregoire Grandchamp
Gillian Gorman Round
Carla Ruiz
Alicia Sontag
Patricia Santos
Bee Shapiro
Bee Shapiro is a New York Times beauty contributor, a position she has held since 2009, the author of the newly published collection Skin Deep, and the founder of Ellis Brooklyn, a luxurious, sustainable, chemical-free line of skincare and perfume.
Tina Bou-Saba
As a partner and advisor, Tina is open-minded, inclusive, trustworthy, and enthusiastic. Extremely hands-on in her work, she listens intensely and celebrates collaboration. Tina has sharp instincts for commercial opportunities, honed through her experience in strategy at Victoria’s Secret and in equity research analyzing public retailers. From exploring international expansion opportunities for a major retailer to crafting marketing strategy for a consumer start-up, she is an independent thinker who loves digging into hard problems.
David Kimbell
Allen Goldman
Heather Connelly
Nhu Le
Nhu Le is the Founder and CEO of Finding Ferdinand, a beauty brand specializing in custom cosmetics. Having previously worked in product development for a tech startup, Bazaarvoice (went public in 2012) and online marketing at Conversant, Nhu is dedicated to combining tech and beauty to help customers create their own aesthetic.
Nhu is a Dallas native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. When she’s not at the office, she enjoys traveling, fitness classes, and of course, testing out new beauty products.
Glenn Laumeister
Kathy Ventura
Torsten Stocker
Torsten Stocker is the COO of the Lifestyle Division. He has lived and worked in Asia since 1996. Prior to joining Thakral, he was a partner at management consulting firms AT Kearney and Monitor Group (now: Monitor Deloitte) respectively, advising beauty and other consumer goods brands as well as financial and strategic investors in China and Asia.
Ilya Seglin
Joel Palix
Jenny Pratt
Kima Cooper
Sarah Jindal
Sarah is Mintel’s Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst and has over 16 years of experience developing ingredient technologies for beauty and personal care companies. Having worked for a variety of companies over her career, Sarah has gained an in-depth understanding of the industry and draws upon not only her work experience but also degrees in Biology, Biochemistry, and Evolutionary Biology
Greg Gonzalez
Joe Cloyes and Greg Gonzalez are the founders of the superfood-powered skincare company, Youth To The People, a brand focused on uniting modern wellness with proven skincare science. Joe and Greg make up the third generation of a family deeply involved in the industry, originating with their grandmother’s company, Eva’s Esthetics, one of the first companies to bring naturals to the professional American skincare industry. Youth To The People is based out of Downtown Los Angeles.
Joe Cloyes
Joe Cloyes and Greg Gonzalez are the founders of the superfood-powered skincare company, Youth To The People, a brand focused on uniting modern wellness with proven skincare science. Joe and Greg make up the third generation of a family deeply involved in the industry, originating with their grandmother’s company, Eva’s Esthetics, one of the first companies to bring naturals to the professional American skincare industry. Youth To The People is based out of Downtown Los Angeles.
Ariel Ohana
Ariel founded Ohana & Co. in 1994. In the more than 20 years since, he has spearheaded the firm’s growth from a Paris based M&A boutique with primarily French clients to a global investment bank advising some of the most prestigious corporations in the world, including Procter & Gamble, VF Corp, Coty, AmorePacific, Mondadori, Omega Pharma and LVMH, as well as private equity funds, business owners and management teams. Ariel has represented clients in Japan, Korea, US, France, Italy and many more countries in the luxury & consumer goods, media & internet, healthcare and energy sectors in over 100 transactions. He currently sits on the board of several companies in France and the US.
Ariel holds a graduate degree from HEC School of Management (Jouy-en-Josas, France), is a CEMS Master graduate (joint degree with ESADE, Barcelona) and holds a graduate degree (DESS) in Business Law and International Tax Law from the Université de Paris. He is still very much involved in the life of HEC: he served as professor of the M&A techniques course for 15 years and is part of the club of largest donors of the HEC Foundation.
Ariel divides his time primarily between Paris and Los Angeles.
Global Founding Partner
Threadstone
Website: http://www.threadstonelp.com/
Threadstone Advisors is a leading independent advisory and investment firm specializing in the beauty and personal care, apparel, specialty retail and direct-to-consumer sectors. Our philosophy behind the creation of Threadstone Advisors is the belief that the comprehensive knowledge and a values-oriented culture of the senior partners are at the core of our success. We are committed to helping our clients benefit from more than 100 years of combined experience. Having assisted clients ranging from start-ups to global brands through different economic cycles, our perspective is broad. Our industry knowledge, thorough preparation and hard work, allows Threadstone to generate ideas to help companies achieve their strategic and financial goals and objectives.
Threadstone helps entrepreneurs and founders of young, exciting businesses to achieve intermediate financing goals. Our unique perspectives in the beauty sector allow us to better understand the nuances of the businesses we represent. Threadstone approaches each engagement in the same mindset as venture capital – we understand that businesses are looking for more than just money. Through a unique partnership approach, Threadstone develops a deep understanding for the strengths and opportunities of our clients and tailors a go-to-market approach that delivers both the financial and strategic resources that our clients need.
Associate Partner
Dash Hudson
Website: https://www.dashhudson.com/
The world’s most discerning brands and publishers use Dash Hudson to create and share photos and videos that people care about. Our visual intelligence platform provides a one-stop solution to predict performance, distribute, measure, and enhance engagement across all of your visual marketing channels.
Ohana & Co
Website: http://www.ohanaco.com
Founded in 1994, Ohana & Co. is a leading independent investment bank providing financial advisory services to private and public companies, private equity firms, entrepreneurs and management teams across the US, Europe, and Asia on their sale, acquisition and capital raising transactions.
Our unparalleled industry expertise in the luxury & branded consumer, technology & media and healthcare sectors, together with our international track record and entrepreneurial approach, set us apart from other firms in the marketplace. From offices in Paris, New York and LA, we have assisted clients in the Americas (Canada, Columbia, USA), Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and more) and Asia (China, Japan, Korea) successfully complete their most challenging transactions.
Senior Event Partner
Oracle
Website: http://www.oracle.com
Emerging technologies are disrupting old paradigms and unleashing new opportunities. Oracle has embedded innovative technologies in every aspect of our cloud, enabling companies to reimagine their businesses, processes, and experiences.
With the introduction of Oracle Autonomous Database, the industry’s only self-driving, self-securing, and self-repairing database, Oracle is again revolutionizing how data is managed. Oracle is the #1 provider of business software, with a broad portfolio of solutions for companies of all sizes. Today, 430,000 customers in 175 countries use Oracle technologies to seize business opportunities and solve real, tangible challenges.
Caldwell
Website: http://www.caldwellpartners.com/
At Caldwell, we view talent as the key driver of success for every business. Our purpose is to enable organizations to thrive by helping them identify, recruit and retain their best leaders.
Caldwell is unique in the recruiting industry. Our partner-led approach to execution drives superior outcomes. Our optimal size enables us to be nimble and flexible. Our growing international network gives us reach. We are as deeply committed to our clients and candidates as we are to our own firm. And we are committed to continuous innovation. All of this make us uniquely able to support our clients’ success.
The Caldwell partner team has deep functional and vertical market expertise across all major industries and serves clients at all stages of development, from early stage privately-funded companies to established global enterprises. We have developed a holistic approach to supporting our clients’ human capital needs from recruitment strategies and search, to talent assessment, succession planning, compensation strategy and competitive analysis. We also provide agile talent solutions in the form of flexible and on-demand external advisors.
With offices and partners across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific, we take pride in delivering an unmatched level of service and expertise to our clients.
NEXT beauty
Website: http://www.next-beauty.com
Next Beauty (www.next-beauty.com)
“Empowering Indie Beauty Brands in China”
Next Beauty is a partner and distributor for Indie Beauty brands on the Chinese market. Our Incubation Model is certainly the best way for an Indie brand to launch and succeed on the Chinese market. Next Beauty is also a very well structured partner helping brands to build a sustainable and profitable business.
The founders have a unique combination of Western and Chinese Culture and combined 30+ years of ecommerce and retail prestige beauty brand building experience in China. Prior to NB, Greg (CEO) was partner of the largest Beauty Tmall Partner and Lulu (COO) was Vice President of L’Oreal China where she worked since 1999.
Next Beauty portfolio includes amazing brands such as Nuxe, Davines, Sachajuan, Sarah Chapman, Leonor Greyl and Evidens de Beaute. Next Beauty is also SPACE NK operator for the development of their cross border Ecommerce business.
Thakral
Website: http://www.thakralchina.com/
Thakral, founded more than 110 years ago, listed on the Singapore SGX Mainboard since 1995 and still managed by the Thakral family, has two main business units, the Investment Division and the Lifestyle Division.
In China since 1985, the Lifestyle Division today is focused on growing foreign beauty and wellness brands in this market, typically as the exclusive distributor and brand steward, working with leading domestic and cross-border ecommerce platforms as well as traditional retailers such as Sephora. Brands currently managed include at-home beauty device brands MTG Refa from Japan, PMD from the US, ikoo from Germany as well as skin and hair care brands Codage and Institut Karite from France and John Masters Organics from the US.
Feelunique
Website: http://www.feelunique.com
Founded in 2005, Feelunique has grown to become Europe’s largest online beauty retailer with a choice of more than 32,000 products and 500 brands across makeup, skincare, haircare, fragrance and electricals.
Feelunique is a cross-border online retailer, shipping to over 120 countries and with dedicated websites in the UK, France, the EU, Germany, Norway, China and the US and has over 130,000 site visits and sells more than 15,000 products every day, with 65% of sales coming from customers under the age of 35.
Feelunique has a rapidly growing international beauty community of more than 1.3 million people across our social media platforms. Carrying major brands including Chanel, Dior, Tom Ford, Charlotte Tilbury, and Nars as well as major indie brands such as Anastasia Beverly Hills and Lime Crime. We are the only online beauty “pure player” to have built up such an extensive portfolio of premium brands across all beauty categories. Feelunique is at the forefront of the digital beauty revolution and is a socially connected retailer – we believe content is key to succeeding in e-commerce and our dedicated editorial platform offers our customers inside knowledge on beauty including industry interviews, video tutorials and recommended product
Event Partner
Allwork
AllWork is an end-to-end workforce management platform that provides software and services for the beauty industry. We make it easy for our clients to find, manage, and pay their freelancer and retail talent. We help top brands and retailers sell more and engage customers by staffing the right people, in the right store, at the right time.
Our software platform and mobile talent app have been built specifically for the needs of the beauty industry. We provide a complete outsourced on-demand solution that includes budgeting, scheduling, time & attendance, reporting, and payroll.
Mintel
Website: http://www.mintel.com
Mintel is the world’s leading market intelligence agency, delivering in-depth research and insight into the beauty industry. From the latest trends and innovations to current consumer behavior and forecasts, Mintel's team of expert analysts combine high-quality data and rich marketplace knowledge to inform 3,000 beauty brands globally. With 13 offices across five continents, we have forged our unique reputation as a world-renowned business brand. For more information on Mintel, please visit www.mintel.com.
Main Post Partners
Website: http://www.mainpostpartners.com/
With 75+ years of investing experience and deep industry knowledge, we help companies realize their full potential
Tier One Media Partners
Global Cosmetic Industry
Website: http://www.gcimagazine.com/
Global Cosmetic Industry magazine is the preferred resource for US-based marketers, brand managers, manufacturers and executives in the beauty industry.
BeautyMatter
Website: http://bit.ly/BeautyMoneyNYC
BeautyMatter was born from Founder Kelly Kovack’s desire to provide a fresh voice to the beauty industry through the lens of someone who has been in the trenches founding brands, defining white space and commercializing trends. BeautyMatter aims to fill the void, connect the dots and provide an informed analytical and compelling point of view. Exploring the limits and blurring boundaries by offering highly curated news and original content by thought leaders and industry insiders. An essential resource for business intelligence for executives, entrepreneurs and creatives.
Premium Beauty News
Website: http://PremiumBeautyNews.com
PremiumBeautyNews.com is a website devoted to professionals and made with the contributions of professionals from the cosmetics and beauty industries (fragrance, toiletries, skincare, face care and hair care products, make-up) and related sectors (e.g. wellness products, diet and supplement foods).
PremiumBeautyNews.com relies on an international network of correspondents and partners as well as very good connections within the industry.
All the news content is provided in English and French with highlights on the information of special interest to the product development, research and marketing teams, as well as to the purchasing and export divisions and the top management.
New products and innovations from the industry’s suppliers (ingredients, raw materials, packaging, fill-in, private labelling, design) are more specially highlighted, so as regulatory news, scientific breakthroughs and latest market trends and key market figures.
Media Partners
Cosmetics Design
Website: http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Please visit our website for more information.Cosmetic Business
Website: https://www.hpcimedia.com/Cosmetics-Business/
Cosmetics Business is the leading online platform for the professional beauty, personal care and toiletries industry with daily breaking news for products, manufacturing, ingredients, packaging, formulation, jobs, events and company information.
Global Cosmetics News
Website: https://globalcosmeticsnews.com/
Global Cosmetics News is a digital publisher of the latest global business information for professionals working in the cosmetics industry.
We cover daily news relating to all aspects of the cosmetics industry, from raw materials and packaging design to manufacturing processes and product launches. We examine environmental issues and technological developments, monitor marketing campaigns and retail distribution, and report on mergers and acquisition, trading reports and regulatory updates. We source stories from across the world to provide the most comprehensive digital summary of the global supply chain.
Subscribe here to receive a summary of the day's top stories.
Tribe Dynamics
Website: http://www.tribedynamics.com/
Please visit our website for more information.BW Confidential
Website: https://www.bwconfidential.com/
BW Confidential is the Paris-based international business-to-business publication for beauty executives. Its offer consists of:
-News headlines published daily on our website www.bwconfidential.com
-This Week in Beauty, a weekly recap of the news + a 1-minute video highlighting the week’s headlines
-Beauty Insight, sent to subscribers in PDF format by email every two weeks
-Print magazines, sent to subscribers and distributed at major international trade shows and events four times a year
-Special Collector’s Guides published once a year
BW Confidential provides serious, independent reporting and analysis for beauty executives across the globe.
At BW Confidential we believe there is a place for clear, analytical articles that go beyond the basic news reports. Our goal to make sense of the news, delve deeper into market issues and determine what they mean for you and the industry. We aim to give you the inside view.
Our target readers are the decision-makers in the international beauty industry: brand ceos, export directors, marketing managers, retail buyers and distributors
Beauty Packaging
Website: https://www.beautypackaging.com/
Covering all types of packaging, Beauty Packaging is published for executives involved in the personal care, cosmetic and fragrance industry.
Euromonitor
Website: https://www.euromonitor.com/
Euromonitor International is a global market research company providing strategic intelligence on industries, companies, economies and consumers around the world. Comprehensive international coverage and insights across consumer goods, business-to-business and service industries make our research an essential resource for businesses of all sizes. Euromonitor International acts as a trusted partner, providing actionable solutions to support decisions on how, where and when to grow your business.
Where Brains Meet Beauty
Website: http://www.wherebrainsmeetbeauty.com/
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ Host Jodi Katz, Founder & Creative Director of Base Beauty Creative Agency, welcomes guests into a relaxed, authentic and honest conversation about their career journey, from the struggles to the highs, and the roller coaster ride in-between. Jodi is not a reporter and she’s not ogling stats. She’s part James Lipton, part Andy Cohen, seeking to reveal wisdom and insightful stories that will inspire future leaders in beauty
The Red Tree
Website: https://theredtree.co.uk/
The Red Tree is the UK’s leading international beauty brand consultancy and works with a wide range of companies from well-funded start-ups to major corporates. We create and implement long term strategy and vision, develop and launch new brands, plan and execute market entry strategies, and make brands RaceFit for market entry.
The Red Tree also manages brands for international brand owners as their UK Country Manager. In this role we provide business development and account management, implement marketing and commercial activity and quickly becomes the brand's dedicated partner in the UK. As Country Managers we have listed client brands in SpaceNK, Harvey Nichols, Marks & Spencer, Selfridges, The Hut Group, Feel Unique, Indulge in Beauty, Boots, Being Content and on QVC.
With a global understanding of the beauty market The Red Tree has an international client base that includes the US, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia and has considerable expertise in each beauty category –skincare, colour cosmetics, male grooming, haircare, and fragrance
We treat each brand we work with as if it were our own and develop long term relationships with our clients. In the saturated reality of the beauty market making a brand magnetic in its appeal to retailers is vital. We help make this happen.
Jing Daily
Website: http://www.jingdaily.com
Launched in 2009, Jing Daily is the leading digital publication on luxury consumer trends in China. It is our mission to understand the forces shaping the future of the luxury industry by bringing our readers the latest news, analysis, features, and reports exploring developments in that landscape. We seek to understand how the definition of luxury, and by turn its consumption, are changing, how the digital landscape in China is developing, and how brands are adapting and taking advantage of those changes. Our readers are industry leaders seeking to understand China’s complex and rapidly evolving luxury industry.
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The Agenda
The 2018 Beauty & Money Summit program has been updated and features time to preplan 12 one to one meetings onsite and particpate in the Beauty Spotlight.
At The Summit you can connect with 250+ of the Beauty Industry’s most influential executives including:
Michael Sampson, Kate Somerville Skincare
Jon Owsley, L Catterton
David Kimbell, ULTA Beauty
Carla Ruiz, Johnson & Johnson Consumer
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