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.

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.

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.
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.