Gregg Renfrew

13 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 4, 2026 by Gregg Renfrew · across every show →

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May 4, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gregg Renfrew was fired from Best & Co. by a messenger
“Well, I mean, the end of the story, I'll start with that, is that I was fired by Messenger in front of my team when I was a CEO.”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 22:00 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Beautycounter's closure forced Gregg Renfrew to lay off employees without severance
“So I ended up having to let go of the majority of the associates for the company without severance or health insurance, which was horrendous.”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 1:06:30 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Early consulting by Gregg Renfrew steered Jessica Alba toward The Honest Company
“So the conversations that she and I are having during the time during which I was consulting for her were moving away from this clothing line and closer towards what ultimately became The Honest Company. And I was not a founder of The Honest Company, but I hel…”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 27:49 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 positive
Insight
Gregg Renfrew advises calling CEOs at 7 AM to bypass gatekeepers
“The thing to do was you got up early in the morning and you started calling the office of the CEO because typically the person supporting them Wasn't in the office till like eight 30 or nine. And so if you got up at seven, most of these people were in the offi…”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 12:13 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Renfrew: Beautycounter hit hundreds of millions in sales in eight years
“We scaled to hundreds of millions of dollars of sales in, in eight years.”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 44:23 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Bank of America unexpectedly offered to sell Beautycounter back to Gregg Renfrew
“The debt on the business was syndicated. Led by Bank of America and G.P. Morgan Chase, and I can't remember the other banks that were involved because I didn't interact with them, but in a crazy act of, I would almost say of kindness, Bank of America approache…”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 1:03:28 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Less than five percent of Beautycounter sellers built secondary sales teams
“We had attributes of an MLM business in that we allowed women to build teams, and in tiny, tiny percentage of the women, like less than five percent Built teams.”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 39:21 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026
Assertion Supported
Gregg Renfrew acquired Beautycounter's assets out of foreclosure in April 2024
“So I acquired the assets of the business out of foreclosure in April of 2024.”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 1:03:01 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Carlyle Group removed Gregg Renfrew as CEO five months after buyout
“They made the decision in October that I was not capable of running the company, and they decided to remove me as CEO.”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 52:29 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026
Assertion Supported
Beautycounter had 60,000 brand representatives at the time of its sale
“When I sold the company, there were about 60,000 women that were representing the brand”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 57:45 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026 negative
Opinion
Gregg Renfrew felt Carlyle's replacement CEO Marc Rey was the wrong choice
“I felt better with his departure than I did with him staying there. So for me, I didn't feel that he was the right person for the job, and I felt more confident in the choice they made in their interim CEO, Mindy McKenzie, with whom I partnered really, really …”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 59:13 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026
Disclosure
Gregg Renfrew sold to private equity to remain CEO and pursue IPO
“And the reason that I chose to sell to a financial sponsor versus a strategic, because I had been Approached by a strategic two years prior, which is why... I felt like I wanted to be that next generation leader in beauty, and I wanted to take the company publ…”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 48:42 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 2026
Disclosure
Beautycounter flagged orders over $1,000 to prevent reps from stockpiling
“So if there was any order that came into our website over a thousand dollars, we would flag it because not only did we not want people spending money and losing money, but we also wanted to control the brand experience. And so I didn't want someone selling a b…”
Gregg Renfrew May 4, 2026 ▶ 41:26 Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
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