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David Suliteanu and the useful art of mischief
Before Sephora and Kendo, David Suliteanu helped steal a college football trophy. His retail career would turn on a more durable instinct: give people room to surprise you.
Rihanna put her family name on a different kind of stage
The voice from Barbados became familiar around the world. Then Robyn Rihanna Fenty began asking who was still missing from the picture - and built beauty and fashion businesses around the answer.
Rihanna Built a World Bigger Than the Charts
The Barbadian singer turned a sharp eye for what culture leaves out into music, beauty, fashion and philanthropy - while refusing to release work merely because the calendar says she should.
Kendo Brands, Inc.
Kendo Brands is a San Francisco-based beauty brand incubator and operator owned by LVMH. Named as a play on the phrase 'can do,' Kendo creates and acquires beauty brands and scales them into global businesses, blending startup energy with the backing of the world's largest luxury group. Its portfolio includes Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Hair and Fenty Fragrance by Rihanna, OLEHENRIKSEN, and Lip Lab, distributed in 60+ countries.
Kristin Walcott
Kristin Walcott is the CEO of Kendo Brands, the San Francisco beauty incubator owned by LVMH and home to Fenty Beauty, KVD Vegan Beauty, Ole Henriksen, Fenty Skin, Lip Lab and Kendo Fragrances. She joined Kendo in 2013, ran KVD Vegan Beauty through record growth, was promoted to President in 2019 and named CEO effective December 1, 2020 - the first woman to lead the company.