Julie Wainwright is the CEO and cofounder of AHARA, the only food-first personalized nutrition company that translates clinically validated science into practical and precise nutrition for optimal health. She founded The RealReal in June 2011, bringing luxury consignment online and changing the way people buy and sell high-end luxury across all categories. Wainwright raised sizable venture capital, built a membership of millions, sold millions of items to date, and then in 2019, took the company public as one of only 20 women in history to found and lead a company to an IPO. In addition to sustainability partnerships with Gucci, Burberry, and Stella McCartney, The RealReal is the first luxury member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s CE100 USA and the first resale member of the UN Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.
Wainwright was the 23rd woman to take a company public. She has received several prestigious industry awards and accolades including as one of Entrepreneur’s 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs, Fast Company’s Most Creative People, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Inc. Magazine’s 100 Female Founders List, and Forbes’s inaugural 50 Successful Women Over 50 list.