Julep Beauty Hires Dwight Gaston as Chief Delivery Officer

SEATTLE, July 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Julep Beauty, the world's fastest-growing omnichannel beauty brand, today announced that Dwight Gaston has joined the company as Chief Delivery Officer. In his new role, Gaston will oversee Julep's operations, customer service, fulfillment, and product development teams to ensure efficient delivery of products to its dedicated customers. Julep develops more than 300 new products each year for its Maven subscribers and e-commerce customers, and shipments are growing exponentially as more beauty enthusiasts discover Julep's range of toxin-free nail, skincare, and makeup products.

With more than 20 years' experience in the e-commerce and technology industries, Gaston joins Julep from online jewelry retailer Blue Nile, where he spent the past 15 years in executive roles. Most recently, he was Blue Nile's senior vice president of operations, and previously served as vice president of operations and director of fulfillment operations. Earlier in his career, Gaston was a consultant with Bain & Company. He holds a BA in Economics from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard University.

"After two decades in the e-commerce industry, I can honestly say I've never seen a more innovative consumer retail company than Julep," said Gaston. "Julep customers are fanatical about the brand, and the company uses social and mobile to connect with this passionate community to find out exactly which products resonate and which don't.  Julep is on a tear and I'm excited to join the company to help build a distribution network that can scale with this tremendous growth."

"Julep is the first 'full-stack' beauty company, controlling every stage of the customer experience from product ideation, to testing and feedback, to manufacturing, and fulfillment and delivery," said Jane Park, CEO and founder of Julep. "Operations and fulfillment are such a critical part of enabling the kind of unique customer experience we are creating, so Dwight's deep experience in building large-scale e-commerce infrastructure will be incredibly important as we continue our rapid growth trajectory."

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About Julep Beauty Inc.
Founded in 2007, Julep is the world's fastest-growing omnichannel beauty brand. Taking a social approach to product development, the company launches over 300 Julep branded, toxin-free nail, color cosmetics and skincare products each year. Julep is the only beauty brand that creates new products based on crowd sourced customer feedback gathered via social channels such as forums, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. By infusing "tech startup DNA" with the latest beauty innovations, Julep brings products to market 10X faster than traditional beauty brands, launching first with its online innovation subscription program as well as inviting women to shop in Sephora, QVC, and Nordstrom. Based in Seattle, Julep has raised $56 million from leading venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona Venture Group, Maveron, Azure Capital, and Altimeter Capital, as well as celebrity backers such as Will Smith and Jay-Z.

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