Jen Glantz | |
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 Jen Glantz | |
| Born | April 1, 1988 Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | University of Central Florida (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Entrepreneur |
| Partner | Adam Kossoff |
Jen Glantz (born April 1, 1988) is an American entrepreneur and author best known for founding the business Bridesmaid for Hire. [1] [2] [3]
Glantz was born in Deerfield Beach, Florida on April 1, 1988. She grew up in Boca Raton, Florida with her parents and older brother. [4]
Glantz graduated in 2010 from the University of Central Florida with a bachelor of arts in journalism and English creative writing. [5] [6]
Glantz moved to New York City and worked for a tech startup as a copywriter. [7] [8] In 2014, she offered her services as a bridesmaid for hire in Craigslist, a classified advertisement website. [9] This led to guest TV appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN and Fox News. [10] She left her copywriting job and worked full time as the CEO of her Bridesmaid for Hire business, training other women to be part-time bridesmaids. [11] [12]
Glantz has authored several books [13] including All My Friends are Engaged in which she talks about the difficulties she had with dating and Always a Bridesmaid for Hire in which she describes moving to New York and the path she took to entrepreneurship. [14] After getting engaged herself, she created an interactive book “Finally the Bride.” [15] She has contributed articles to The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Yahoo, The New York Times, Brides, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, PopSugar, Refinery29, and Today.com. [16] In 2018, she started a podcast “You’re Not Getting Any Younger”. [5]
Glantz also works as a public speaker and career coach. [6]
In 2019, she got engaged to Adam Kossoff. [17]
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