Emily Weiss: Founder of Glossier and Into the Gloss

About Emily Weiss: Founder of Glossier and Into the Gloss

Emily Weiss (born March 22, 1985) is an American businesswoman, the founder and former CEO of the cosmetics company Glossier and of the blog Into the Gloss. She was featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2015 and included in Time's "Next 100" in 2019. In May 2022 she stepped down as Glossier's CEO and became executive chairwoman, with Kyle Leahy taking over as CEO. Weiss was raised in Wilton, Connecticut; her father worked for Pitney Bowes and her mother stayed at home. In high school she interned at Ralph Lauren for two summers and briefly had a modeling career, and while interning at Teen Vogue in college she appeared on The Hills in a three-episode arc with Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port. She graduated from New York University in 2007 with a degree in studio art and worked as a fashion assistant at W magazine and an on-set styling assistant for Vogue. She launched Into the Gloss, a blog featuring predominantly interviews with women, in September 2010, staying at her day job at Vogue and working on the blog in the mornings between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sources: English Wikipedia (Emily Weiss, accessed September 2026).

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Founder and executive chairwoman, Glossier; founder, Into the Gloss

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Glossier

Cosmetics, Beauty, Digital Media

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