# Nell Diamond

> Nell Diamond is the founder and CEO of Hill House Home, the New York lifestyle brand she launched in 2016 from her dorm at Yale School of Management. She built it on luxury bedding and turned it into a cultural phenomenon with the Nap Dress, a smocked, sleep-soft dress that went viral during the pandemic and once sold $1 million of inventory in 12 minutes. A Princeton English major and daughter of former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond, she traded a finance career for a brand built on community, drops, and her own waist-length-haired, ruffle-forward aesthetic. Hill House raised $20 million in 2022 at a reported $150 million valuation.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Hill House Home
- **Organizations:** Hill House Home, Yale School of Management (Entrepreneurship Advisory Board)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. English Literature, Princeton University, MBA, Yale School of Management
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Hill House Home into a leading DTC lifestyle brand, Invented and trademarked the Nap Dress, a viral cultural product, Sold $1 million of inventory in 12 minutes after a single 2021 drop

## Career timeline

- **post-Princeton** — Worked roughly two to three years in finance, including an analyst role at Deutsche Bank in New York
- **2013-2015** — Enrolled at Yale School of Management; interned at Louis Vuitton; developed the Hill House Home concept
- **2016** — Launched Hill House Home as a direct-to-consumer brand selling luxury bedding and sleepwear
- **2019** — Introduced the Nap Dress in June; subsequent drops repeatedly sold out
- **2020** — Nap Dress goes viral during the pandemic as comfortable-yet-presentable workwear
- **2021** — A February collection sold $1 million of inventory in 12 minutes
- **2022** — Raised $20 million (reported $150M valuation), expanded retail and product lines
- **2023-2024** — Opened brick-and-mortar stores including Charleston, Palm Beach and Dallas; marked 8 years of Hill House

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Hill House Home into a leading DTC lifestyle brand
- Invented and trademarked the Nap Dress, a viral cultural product
- Sold $1 million of inventory in 12 minutes after a single 2021 drop
- Raised approximately $28-30 million in total funding, including a $20M round in 2022 at a reported $150M valuation
- Named to the BoF 500 by The Business of Fashion
- Built and led a predominantly female team and expanded into physical retail
- Member of the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board at Yale School of Management

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Celebrated 8 years of Hill House Home and continued retail expansion
- **2022-09** — Raised $20 million to build on Nap Dress success and expand the brand

## Links

- Website: https://hillhousehome.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nell-diamond-331a491bb
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nelliediamond/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hillhouse

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Last updated: 2026-06-10