Marla Malcolm Beck | |
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Born | Oakland, California, U.S. | May 22, 1970
Education | University of California Berkeley (BA) Harvard University (MPP, MBA) |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-Founder, CEO Bluemercury |
Spouse | Barry Beck |
Marla Malcolm Beck (born May 22, 1970) is an American entrepreneur based in the United States. [1] She co-founded the beauty company Bluemercury in Washington, D.C. alongside her husband, Barry J. Beck in 1999. [2] Bluemercury was acquired by Macy's in 2015. [3] [4] [5] Beck retained her position as CEO until 2021. [6] [7]
Beck is the daughter of a real estate developer. [5] [8] In 1993, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts in political economy and later was hired by the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company as an analyst. [5] [9]
Several years later, she quit her job to get a joint graduate degree at Harvard University, earning both her Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, respectively, in 1998. [1] [9] After briefly entering the field of private equity, Beck exited the field to create Bluemercury with her husband. [10] [11]
In 1999, Beck and her husband founded Bluemercury as an online-only cosmetics boutique, [12] and in the fall of that same year, the duo opened their first store in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.). [13] [14] By 2006, the company had grown to 12 stores across the country, supported by New York private equity firm, Invus Group LLC. [15]
In March 2015, Bluemercury joined Macy's, Inc. through acquisition for $210 million. Beck remained Chief executive officer. [3] [4] [16] [17] At the time of the sale, Bluemercury had a little over 60 stores. [18] In September 2019, Bluemercury Chief operating officer Barry Beck announced he would be leaving, while Marla Beck would stay on during a transition period until a new CEO was named. [19] [20] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Beck remained in her position at Bluemercury and moved the company towards skincare. [21] [22] Beck left the company in 2021. [6]
In 2006, Beck began Bluemercury's own vegan skincare line, M-61, which launched in 2012 and refuses to use more than 100 chemicals common to the industry. [5] [23]
In 2015, Beck launched her own makeup line similar to M-61 in the brands commitment to vegan, gluten free, and paraben free formulas. [24]
Beck currently serves in the following positions: The Children's Place Independent Director, [25] Advisory Board of Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, [26] Leadership Council of Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership, [27] Board of Trustees, Sidwell Friends School, [28] Director Nominee Chobani, [29] Board of Directors for Evenly Technologies, Board of Directors Beauty Health. [30] She previously served as a Board Member for the National Retail Federation [31] and as a member of the Global Leadership Board for EdX. [32]
Beck resides in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband and their three children, Ariel, Sophie, and Luc. [38]
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