Jennifer Hyman

Incoming CEO, Babylist · 0 appearances on the record.

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Jennifer Hyman co-founded Rent the Runway in 2009, pioneering designer apparel rentals and becoming one of a select few female founders to lead a company through an IPO in 2021. She has served on the boards of The Estée Lauder Companies and Zalando, and in 2026 was appointed CEO of Babylist.

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Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2023

Hyman aimed to build Rent the Runway into a $100 billion company

“Yeah, so I'm here to build a hundred billion dollar company, and To change the way we get dressed every single day all over the world, and to democratize what I think is one of the most elite industries on earth, and one of the most wasteful industries on eart…”

Jenn Hyman Nov 15, 2018 ▶ 13:16 Rent The Runway's Jenn Hyman At The HIBT Summit

Disclosure

Hyman: Rent the Runway was conceived around renting daily wardrobes, not just gowns

“The closet would move into the cloud because people were valuing experiences over ownership, and that there would be a time where a portion of what we wore every single day would be comprised of things that we don't own forever.”

Jenn Hyman Nov 15, 2018 ▶ 1:57 Rent The Runway's Jenn Hyman At The HIBT Summit

Prediction Partly held up

Hyman predicted Rent the Runway would reach 3,000 employees by 2019

“And before Rent the Runway, I had managed all of 10 people. And now my company has 1500 people and will likely have 3000 people by the end of next year.”

Jenn Hyman Nov 15, 2018 ▶ 12:38 Rent The Runway's Jenn Hyman At The HIBT Summit

Disclosure

Hyman: Neiman Marcus president was my second pitch cold call

“The second person I cold called was the president of Neiman Marcus. And I decided that I would go straight into kind of the belly of the beast, the person who was most likely to destroy me. I cold called him, and I shared the idea for Rent the Runway with him.”

Jenn Hyman Nov 15, 2018 ▶ 7:02 Rent The Runway's Jenn Hyman At The HIBT Summit