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The executives fast-tracking great growth.
As the CEO of the independent luxury fashion brand Altuzarra since early 2020, Shira Sue Carmi has managed to strike a next-to-impossible balance: She’s accelerated business growth while also maintaining the special qualities that differentiate the brand from its mega-conglomerate-powered competitors.
Since refocusing her career on beauty by joining Sephora 13 years ago, Alison Hahn has seen the beauty landscape grow more competitive. And she and Sephora have more than risen to the challenge.
Since starting her own PR firm in 2019, Gia Kuan and her agency, Gia Kuan Consulting, have helped define a new style of PR that fosters a holistic cultural relevance beyond simple media placements.
Since Mary van Praag took the helm, Milani Cosmetics has experienced 13 straight quarters of consecutive growth and surpassed $200 million in revenue. In the last 52 weeks, it has also become the second fastest-growing mass-color cosmetics brand and the only indie brand within the top 10.
In March, Amazon scored a major coup in the world of premium beauty by bringing Clinique — the first of several Estée Lauder companies slated to join Amazon — onto the platform. Melis del Rey, Amazon’s gm and director of North American stores for beauty, baby and beauty technology, was instrumental in making the partnership happen. In 2024, del Rey has helped launch more than 300 brands on Amazon Premium Beauty.
Under the leadership of CEO Toni Ruiz, 2024 has been a year of milestones and growth for Mango. Along with celebrating its 40th anniversary, the brand achieved record-breaking revenue, crossing €1.5 billion ($1.58 billion) in the first half of the year.
Throughout her career at Target, Amanda Nusz has worked in just about every department at the big box retailer. But since assuming the role of svp of merchandising for essentials and beauty in June, she is now tasked with keeping Target apace in a mass beauty landscape that is only growing more competitive. But Nusz and Target are keeping up and then some.
When asked to lead Kering’s newly formed beauty division from scratch, beauty veteran Raffaella Cornaggia saw it as a new challenge — and an exciting one at that. “What really made me thrilled was the idea of starting a white page,” said Cornaggia, who joined Kering as CEO of Kering Beauté in 2023. Prior, she had stints at L’Oréal, Estée Lauder and Chanel.
