ICYMI: CEW’s 2024 Visionary Awards Honor Inspiring Entrepreneurs, United LA Beauty Leaders
CEW honored five exceptional female entrepreneurs for their commitment to leadership, innovation, impact, and supporting other women.
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Holly Thaggard, CEW’s 2024 Achiever Awards Event Keynote, Took the Road Less Travelled to Entrepreneurship
Holly Thaggard, AKA The Sunscreen Queen, is Founder and Chairman of Supergoop!, one of the most successful, game-changing beauty companies to revolutionize sun care. After more than a decade of educating consumers on the importance of SPF daily and creating innovative products that people actually want to wear, Supergoop! made headlines in 2021 when it sold a majority stake to private equity firm Blackstone, valuing the company at between $600 million and $700 million. (Sales had reached $250 million — up 65 percent from 2021.) An avid CEW superfan and supporter, Thaggard was a natural to keynote this year’s Achiever Awards luncheon. Learn how the born rule-breaker became an extraordinary entrepreneur.