Mariam Naficy
Mariam Naficy | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Website | LinkedIn profile |
Mariam Naficy is an American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and board chairman of Tonic.xyz, a fine art NFT gallery and community focused on generative art collections. [1]
She previously ws CEO and founder of the online design marketplace Minted[2] and prior to that, founded one of the first online cosmetic retailers, Eve.com, in 1998.
Early life and education[edit]
Naficy was born to Iranian and Chinese parents who are graduates of Georgetown University and were stationed abroad throughout Africa and the Middle East.[3] Her parent was a United Nations development economist, and she spent her childhood in six countries, including Egypt, Tanzania, and Iran.[4] She earned a degree in political science from Williams College, and then proceeded to pursue her master's degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1998.[5]
While in business school, Naficy published The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, & Securities Trading, which has sold 50,000 copies.[6]
Career[edit]
Naficy worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs early in her career.[7] In 1998 at the age of 28, she co-founded Eve.com, which later sold for $110 million to Idealab in 2000. [8]
She led project management at Movielink, a 5-studio consortium, including Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal that was one of the first downloadable movie services. [9]
After that, she was Vice President and General Manager at The Body Shop, launching their first e-commerce business in 2004.[6]
Naficy founded the online stationery store Minted.com in 2008.[10] It stalled at first, but grew to 400 employees by 2019.[11] [12] Raising $208 million in 2018, it was the largest funding transaction that year involving a startup led by a female founder.[13]
Naficy sits on the Board of Directors of Minted, Medium, Victoria's Secret, and Every Mother Counts. She is a Trustee of Williams College and a member of the Advisory Council of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Works[edit]
- The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, and Securities Trading, Broadway Books, 1997, ISBN 9780767900409.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Her husband, Michael Mader, also works at Minted.[4] They have two children.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ Chen, Min (2023-01-24). "Gagosian's Former Digital Lead Is Spearheading a 'Safe and Welcoming' NFT Marketplace With a Focus on Generative Art". Artnet News. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Mariam Naficy: The Money Episode". Masters of Scale.
- ^ "Fortune picks woman for business acumen". Iran Times. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ a b "A Dot-Com Era Survivor Is Back With Minted, A $700M Stationery Startup For The Instagram Generation", Forbes, 2019
- ^ Feloni, Richard (9 September 2014). "The 25 Most Successful Stanford Business School Graduates". Business Insider. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ a b Mcmahon, Regan (November 14, 2010). "Mariam Naficy went from makeup to Minted.com". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Marino, Jonathan (3 November 2015). "This Wall Street bank is minting startup founders". Business Insider. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "Minted: Mariam Naficy". NPR. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Bloom, David (2002-07-24). "Movielink adds to exec ranks". Variety. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Mariam Naficy: Tech Startup Minted.com Crowdsources Artwork". Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- ^ "Mariam Naficy: The Money Episode | Masters of Scale podcast — WaitWhat". WaitWhat. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ This Founder Almost Shut Down Her Design Business After Year 1. Now It Has 400 Employees and a 9-Figure Revenue, Inc.com, 2019
- ^ Funding For Female Founders Stalled at 2.2% of VC Dollars in 2018, Fortune, 2019
- ^ Earl G. Graves, Ltd. (June 1998). Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-4165.
- ^ Parents, Entrepreneur, 9 May 2014
