Alexandra Wilkis Wilson

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson is best known professionally as Co-Founder of ecommerce sensation, Gilt, which transformed the landscape of luxury and fashion ecommerce with the invention of the flash sale, creating urgency of demand and innovating the online shopping experience. Wilson owned the Chief Merchant role at Gilt and filled many other seats on the journey from start-up to $650M in revenues. Having learned how to parlay the ability to sell luxury and accessible luxury items into selling travel and experiences, Wilson was more than intrigued by the idea of using technology to efficiently deliver services.

As a co-founder and CEO of GLAMSQUAD, Wilson brought beauty to the home of the time-constrained, and GLAMSQUAD professionals engendered a level of trust which ultimately permitted the development of a product line, creating a full-service beauty company. Before AI and machine learning became household words, Wilson jumped at the challenge to use this advanced technology to create a shopping tool, which Google found so compelling that they bought it pre-launch. Wilson and her team had simultaneously developed an accompanying analogue tool which they ultimately sold to peer-to-peer luxury recommerce company, Tradesy.

Today, Wilson has launched together with her business partner Lisa Myers from L Catterton, a growth equity fund called Clerisy, investing in consumer and techsumer companies at the growth equity stage. Previously, from 2018 to 2020, she served as SVP, Consumer Strategy and Innovation for Allergan, where she led Project Moonwalker, assembling a team of 70 to execute on the strategy. Wilson is currently the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clerisy, and serves as a Board Director at KDC/ONE. She also co-authored the book "By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop," sharing insights from her entrepreneurial journey.

Wilson holds a BA and an MBA from Harvard University. Besides her corporate roles, she has played a significant role in the success of companies like Gilt and GLAMSQUAD. Wilson is also an influential figure at women's organizations, encouraging women to become leaders and find their potential in the global workplace. When she is not analyzing a new consumer concept, Wilson can be found on the tennis court, and not missing her New York roots as she soaks up sunshine with her husband and two kids in their new Miami digs.