# Anthony Marino

> Anthony Marino is Managing Partner, Operations at L Catterton. Previously president of ThredUp and founder and CEO of Virgin Hotels Group, he has worked across consumer brands, digital resale, hospitality, venture capital and software commercialization.

- **Role:** Managing Partner, Operations at L Catterton
- **Organizations:** L Catterton, ThredUp, Virgin Hotels Group, Virgin Group, Venrock, Bellcore
- **Education:** AB, magna cum laude, Princeton University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founded Virgin Hotels Group, developed its concept and raised capital., Helped grow ThredUp from a startup into a public company over a decade., Led ThredUp commercial functions including marketing, product, engineering, merchandising, pricing systems and data science.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Led engineers and scientists commercializing voice-over-IP software at Bellcore.
- **2000-2006** — Principal at Venrock.
- **2006-2009** — Managing Partner at Virgin Group.
- **2009-2012** — Founder, CEO and board member of Virgin Hotels Group.
- **2013-2018** — Chief Marketing Officer at ThredUp.
- **2018-2023** — President of ThredUp.
- **2024** — Joined L Catterton as a managing partner; announced relocation to the New York area.

## Achievements

- Founded Virgin Hotels Group, developed its concept and raised capital.
- Helped grow ThredUp from a startup into a public company over a decade.
- Led ThredUp commercial functions including marketing, product, engineering, merchandising, pricing systems and data science.
- Received Princeton’s New York Herald Prize for scholarship on executive-branch marketing and communications.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Joined L Catterton as a managing partner; publicly announced that his family would relocate from San Francisco to the New York area.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lcatterton.com/people.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anmarino
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/amarino

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Last updated: 2026-10-09