Masterson: Drunk Elephant gave equity to every employee after 2017 buyout
Tiffany Masterson · Drunk Elephant: Tiffany Masterson · Jan 29, 2024 · at 1:21:37
Drunk Elephant founder Tiffany Masterson explains her decision to distribute equity to all roughly 20 employees after partnering with a private equity firm in 2017.
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“I met with the private equity team trying to, you know, start to really discuss how we want things set up, and I decided I wanted to make everybody an owner of the company. Everybody in the company was gonna have a piece of the company.”
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