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Sarah Kauss | |
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 Kauss in 2024 | |
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51)[1] Jupiter, Florida[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder, Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Founder of S'well |
| Website | https://www.sarahkauss.com/ |
Sarah Kauss (born 1975) is an American businesswoman. She is known as the founder of S'well, a reusable, insulated products manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer.[3][4][5][6]
Early life and education
[edit]Kauss was raised in Jupiter, Florida by parents who were small business owners.[7] She received a bachelor's in accounting from the University of Colorado Boulder and her MBA from Harvard Business School.[8][circular reference]
Career
[edit]After receiving her bachelor's degree, Kauss worked as a CPA for Ernst & Young in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California. She then moved into commercial real estate.[9] In 2009, Kauss was inspired to create a more upscale and fashionable reusable water bottle, while hiking in Arizona with her mother.[8][10] Kauss founded S'well in 2010.[11][12] The company helped displace more than 4 billion single-use plastic bottles and was named one of 25 designs that helped shape the world by Architectural Digest before Kauss sold the company in 2022 to Lifetime Brands.[13][14][15]
Fortune included Kauss on its 2014 40 under 40 list.[3] She was selected as a member of the 2014 class of EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women. In 2016, Kauss was named number 49 on the Business Insider 100 list, The Creators.[16][17] She was recognized on Inc.'s "Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016" list.[18] In 2018, Kauss was named one of Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellows. She was also selected as an Aspen Institute 2020 Braddock Scholar. She is on the board of the all women platform of SPACs Athena SPACs and Thorne Healthtech.[19][20]
Kauss has been featured in NPR, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur magazine, Fortune magazine, CNNMoney, and CNBC, among other outlets.[21] She is a mentor for the U.S. Department of State Global Women's Mentoring Partnership.
References
[edit]- ↑ Tindera, Michela. "From A 'Friends' Star To A Microneedling Founder: Four Women Entrepreneurs To Watch In 2017". Forbes.
- ↑ "Meet Our Sponsor: Introducing S'Well Palm Beach". Palm Beach Lately.
- 1 2 "Fortune 40 Under 40". Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ Daniel Roberts (October 27, 2014). "S'well Founder Sarah Kauss on Starting Up and Being a Female Entrepreneur". Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ "When Style Over Substance Works". DailyWorth. January 15, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Why Stainless Steel Bottles Only". Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ↑ "S'well: Sarah Kauss". NPR.org. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- 1 2 "Making Eco-Friendly Eco-Chic – Sarah Kauss, CEO at S'Well Bottle". January 6, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ Sorvino, Chloe. "Why S'well Bottle Founder Sarah Kauss Is One Of America's Most Successful Self-Made Women". Forbes. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ↑ "How keeping a journal can help with productivity". Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ Kobie, Nicole. "How S'well founder Sarah Kauss built her water bottle empire". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Why Use A Plastic Water Bottle When You Could Drink From Something Much More Classy". Fast Company. June 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ↑ "The 25 Designs That Shape Our World". Architectural Digest. August 19, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ↑ Perella, Maxine (January 28, 2021). "S'well's New Sustainability-as-a-Service Platform Riding GroundS'well of Demand for Circular Products". Sustainable Brands.
- ↑ "Lifetime acquires S'well". Home Furnishings News. March 3, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ↑ Emmie Martin, Tanza Loudenback, Alexa Pipia (June 13, 2016). "Meet the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world". Business Insider. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Tanza Loudenback (June 24, 2016). "The Creators". Business Insider. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ↑ "THE MOST IMPRESSIVE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF 2016". Inc.
- ↑ "L Catterton To Take Thorne Healthtech Private In $680 Million Deal". BeautyMatter. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. Company & People | ACAQ". Barron's. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ↑ "Can you bottle success? S'well founder says 'yes'". June 5, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.