Katia Beauchamp

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

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

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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 College, 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] Birchbox was acquired by Retention Brands in May 2023 in lieu of declaring bankruptcy. Despite it's reported valuation of close to $1B, under Beauchamp's leadership the Company was previously sold for only $45M to FemTech Brands in 2021. Birchbox and Beauchamp have become recognized one of the largest venture capital failures of the last decade. [11]

Personal life

Beauchamp met her husband, Greg, [12] 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. [13]

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