Katia Beauchamp is an American entrepreneur, billionaire and co-founder of

Birchbox Birchbox is a New York City-based online monthly subscription service that sends its subscribers a box of four to five selected samples of makeup, or other beauty related products. The products include skincare items, perfumes, organic based pro ...

Early life and education

Katia Beauchamp, (née Ververis), was born in

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but moved to El Paso when she was four years old. She was raised by her mother, who is of Mexican descent. Her father, who is Greek, lived in Germany. Beauchamp has a younger brother. Beauchamp attended several elementary schools in El Paso including Dr. Green Elementary School in West El Paso. She graduated from Coronado High School and later attended Vassar College, graduating in 2005 with a double major in international studies and economics with a minor in Spanish.

Career

After graduating from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...

, Beauchamp began her career in structured finance and then moved into commercial real estate. She founded

in 2010 while at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

. In 2016, Beauchamp received the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award in recognition of her achievements in beauty. She is of Mexican-American ethniticy. Beauchamp and her co-founder,

Hayley Barna Hayley Barna is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded Birchbox in 2009 while at Harvard Business School. In 2015, Barna "stepped away from her day-to-day role" at Birchbox, remaining a board member. In 2016 she became a ...

, were named to Inc. Magazine's "30 under 30" list in 2016. The two were also named to Advertising Age's "Women to Watch" in 2012. In 2013, Crain's New York Business included Beauchamp in their annual "30 Under 30" list. 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.

Personal life

Beauchamp met her husband, Greg, when the two were 10 years old and attending Dr, Green Elementary School in El Paso. 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. In 2016, Beauchamp's net worth was estimated at US $1billion.

References

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