Jennifer Hyman

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Award-Winning Co-Founder & CEO of Rent the Runway, Gender Equality Advocate

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Jennifer Hyman Biography

Jennifer Hyman is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rent the Runway, a company that is disrupting the trillion-dollar fashion industry and changing the way women get dressed through the Closet in the Cloud, the world’s first and largest shared designer closet. Hyman has led the firm for 15 years and has stewarded her company through all stages of growth.

From inception in 2009 to a scale of 3M+ lifetime customers, Rent the Runway has innovated a new category of business in the fashion industry. The brand offers women the ability to subscribe, rent items a-la-carte and shop resale from hundreds of designer partners, all for a fraction of the retail cost.

Hyman took the company public in 2021, making her the first woman ever to IPO a company with an all-female executive suite and the 30th woman ever to IPO a company. She has been honored on the TIME Top 100 Most Influential People List, the CNBC Disruptor List for 5 out of 10 years, and will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Rent the Runway November of 2024. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Estée Lauder Companies and Zalando.

She received her BA from Harvard University cum laude and MBA from Harvard Business School and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children Aurora, Selene, and Desi.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/25/2024.

Jennifer Hyman Speaking Topics

  • Using AI to Deepen Your Competitive Moat--and Your Customer Relationships

    E-commerce is poised to benefit from the rapid rise of AI technologies by helping to narrow the “endless aisle” problem of shopping in the 21st century. By focusing on the unique customer data advantage and fashion curation capabilities of Rent the Runway, Jennifer Hyman is unlocking an even greater opportunity to leverage AI in her business. Hyman will discuss how businesses can effectively harness emerging technologies like AI to deepen the competitive moats of their business, enhance customer satisfaction, and ultimately improve business outcomes.

  • To Hell and Back: Leading with Resilience

    In February 2020, Rent the Runway had just come off their biggest sales year ever. Not only was it a $1 billion business—it was a valuation fewer than 20 women-owned companies in the U.S. have ever reached.

    Suddenly, COVID hit the U.S., and people sheltered at home. With no need to get dressed for work, special events, or anything for that matter, nearly 70% of RTR customers paused their subscriptions overnight.

    From the stage, Jennifer shares the story of how she saved her company, positioning the business strategically, financially, and culturally for a post-COVID world. She went on to successfully take Rent the Runway public just a year later, in the first-ever IPO led by a female CEO, COO, and CFO.

    Jennifer managed to keep her team together and united with deep resilience and passion for the business, fighting against macro factors outside of their control. Her story is loaded with leadership lessons that can help any team overcome even the most difficult times.

  • How to Grow in Recessionary Times

    The companies that win during difficult macroeconomic climates have an extreme focus on the customer experience. This speech will dig into how to create a customer experience mindset across every division of your company.

  • High Stakes Decision Making

    Every executive is faced with countless decisions to which there are no good answers, and often, the business lies in the balance. As a founder and CEO, Jennifer Hyman will share her insights and will review some of the biggest decisions she had to make as a leader, how she made them, and the lessons she learned in the process. Through anecdotes and clear-cut takeaways, she gears this conversation towards anyone thinking deeply about how to be a better leader.

  • How to Have a Big Career AND a Big Life

    There are countless debates about work-life balance and whether it is possible as an executive. We’ve recently seen more women leave the workforce than at any point in recent memory. As a founder of a high-growth company, CEO of a public company, and Board member of three public companies, Jennifer Hyman will discuss how she managed to do this while also getting married, having two kids, raising a family, and building a community.

Jennifer Hyman Videos

  • Jennifer Hyman: Rethinking Rental in a Crisis | #BoFVOICES2020
    Rent the Runway chief executive Jennifer Hyman told BoF VOICES her strategy to make the rental model work post-pandemic.
  • Jennifer Hyman: Redefining the Future of Fashion and Workplace Equality
    In this episode of Talks at GS, Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman discusses the company’s disruptive impact on the fashion...
  • How Jennifer Hyman is Selling Confidence, One Outfit at a Time
    Why can’t we have clothing that we only wear once? This is the question Jennifer Hyman, CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway, asked herself...

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Jennifer Hyman is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Using AI to Deepen Your Competitive Moat--and Your Customer Relationships, To Hell and Back: Leading with Resilience, How to Grow in Recessionary Times, High Stakes Decision Making and How to Have a Big Career AND a Big Life. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jennifer Hyman for your event is available upon request. Jennifer Hyman generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Randi Zuckerberg, Sara Blakely, Daymond John, Carla Harris and Sallie Krawcheck. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jennifer Hyman for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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