Katrina Lake

Katrina Lake
Born
Katrina Lake

(1982-12-24) December 24, 1982 (age 41)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma materStanford University
Harvard University
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of Stitch Fix

Katrina Lake (born December 24, 1982)[1] is an American businesswoman who is the Founder and interim CEO of Stitch Fix, a fashion-based subscription service. Stitch Fix was established in 2011 in San Francisco[2] and went public in 2017.[3] In 2017, Lake became the youngest woman to take a company public at age 34 and was the only woman in 2017 to lead an initial public offering in technology.[4][5] She was surpassed by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2021, who took Bumble public at age 31.[6]

As of November 2017, Lake held a 16.6% stake in Stitch Fix.[7] In 2017, Forbes named Lake one of America's richest self-made women.[8]

  1. ^ "Stitch Fix Company Fact Sheet" (PDF). newsroom.stitchfix.com.
  2. ^ Bercovici, Jeff (September 26, 2017). "How This Millennial Founder Created a $730 Million Fashion Startup--With the Help of an Algorithm". Inc.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "These Billion-Dollar Women Are Changing The Face of Silicon Valley". Marie Claire. March 27, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Draznin, Haley (July 31, 2018). "She's 35 -- and runs a $3 billion company". CNN. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. ^ Cain, Áine (November 17, 2017). "How a 34-year-old Stanford and Harvard grad built Stitch Fix into a billion-dollar company that just went public". Business Insider. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. ^ Hinchcliffe, Emma (February 11, 2021). "Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd becomes the youngest woman to take a company public". Fortune. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Gensler, Lauren (November 17, 2017). "Stitch Fix Shares Pop In IPO, With Retailer Raising $120 Million". Forbes. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  8. ^ O'Connor, Clare (November 29, 2017). "Stitch Fix Stock Surge Puts CEO Katrina Lake Among America's Richest Self-Made Women". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2018.