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Jennifer Hyman

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Jennifer Hyman has been the Chief Executive Officer of Rent the Runway since the company’s inception in November 2009. She is responsible for all areas of the business including technology, fashion, sales, marketing, operations, customer service and team management.

Jennifer co-founded Rent the Runway with her Harvard Business School classmate Jennifer Fleiss. After receiving approximately $31 million in venture capital from Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, they quickly built the company to include over 2 million members, 120 employees and 160 designer brands.

Rent the Runway is a members-only online fashion community that builds customer loyalty for designer brands by enabling women to rent dresses and accessories for all the special occasions in their lives.

Prior to Rent the Runway, Jennifer was the Director of Business Development at IMG where she focused on the creation of new media businesses for IMG’s Fashion Division. She also ran an online advertising sales team at WeddingChannel.com and was an in-house entrepreneur at Starwood Hotels, creating Starwood’s first wedding business.

Jennifer received her BA from Harvard University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Recent Milestones

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  Jennifer Hyman — Named to Crain's 40 Under 40 (4/1/12)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 9:14am via crainsnewyork.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named Business Insider’s “25 Youngest Entrepreneurs Running the World's Most Valuable Startups” (9/23/11)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 9:22am via businessinsider.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named to Fortune magazine's “2011 Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs” list (9/13/11)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 9:20am via cnn.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named to Business Insiders "2011 Digital 100: The World's Most Valuable Startups" (9/1/11)
  Posted 4/9/12 at 12:56pm via businessinsider.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named as the Chief Marketing Officer of Fortune magazine’s “Executive Dream Team.” (8/22/11)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 9:17am via cnn.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named to Fast Company's "Most Influential Women in Technology" (5/1/11)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 9:25am via fastcompany.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named Fashionista.com's "Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion" (2/1/11)
  Posted 4/9/12 at 12:59pm via fashionista.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named Fashion Group International's "Rising Stars" (1/28/11)
  Posted 4/9/12 at 1:03pm via fashionista.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named Business Insider's Silicon Alley 100: New York's Collest Tech People in 2010 (10/1/10)
  Posted 4/9/12 at 1:11pm via businessinsider.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named Business Insider's The Digital 100: World's Most Valuable Start-Ups (9/1/10)
  Posted 4/9/12 at 1:12pm via businessinsider.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named TIME Magazine's "50 Best Websites of 2010" (8/25/10)
  Posted 4/9/12 at 1:01pm via time.com
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  Jennifer Hyman — Named Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" (7/19/10)
  Posted 4/4/12 at 9:26am via inc.com
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  Jennifer Hyman added a position as Co-Founder & CEO at Rent the Runway. (6/1/09)
  Posted 4/4/11 at 5:36am

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Fast Company (fastcompany.com) [edit]
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Fashionista.com (fashionista.com) [edit]
TIME Magazine (time.com) [edit]
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