About this Event
Join us for a fireside chat with Members of the Rent The Runway Executive Team: Scarlett O’Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer, Gabby Cohen, SVP of Brand Development, Communications & Business Development and Jackie Blatt, Director & Chief of Staff to the CEO. Come prepared for styling and shopping at our Rent The Runway Pop-Up Closet happening all day!About Rent the Runway: Rent the Runway is transforming the way modern women get dressed and disrupting the $2.4 trillion global fashion industry by enabling women to rent, versus buy, clothing. Founded in 2009 with a vision to build the world’s first living closet, RTR believes that women everywhere will soon have a subscription to fashion. By creating a new model of dynamic ownership, RTR has made apparel rental an indispensable utility while also empowering women to feel their best every day. RTR carries apparel, accessories and home decor from over 600 designer partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. RTR has five retail stores of the future, 11 million community members and employs nearly 1,800 people, all of whom have equal benefits across the organization, 93% of whom are female and/or non-white, with 80% of leaders who are women.
Scarlett O'Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer at Rent the Runway
Joined RTR in September 2015
As Chief Financial Officer, Scarlett O’Sullivan oversees the finance, capital planning, and legal functions at Rent the Runway. From driving strategic decisions to deliver financial objectives, to leading funding rounds to support the company's growth and scale operations, Scarlett’s expertise touches all areas of the business.
Scarlett has over 20 years of experience in finance, investing and investment banking. Prior to joining Rent the Runway in 2015, Scarlett was a Partner at SoftBank Capital and at SoftBank China & India in New York and Tokyo, where she focused on early-stage and growth-stage VC investments in social media, mobile applications, e-commerce, online advertising, and gaming. Prior to this she was an investment banker for 10 years, with Robertson Stephens and Morgan Stanley, where she led IPO transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions and private placements, primarily in the technology sector, for companies in the U.S. and Europe. Scarlett has been a board member of Gilt Groupe, Chloe + Isabel, PayActiv, and Schoola/Olivela.
Scarlett has dual French-USA citizenship and received a BS Economics from Yale University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gabby Cohen, SVP of Brand Development, Communications and Business Development at Rent the Runway
Joined RTR in October 2018
Gabrielle Etrog Cohen is currently the SVP of Brand, Communications and Business Development at Rent the Runway. Prior to joining RTR, she was the SVP of PR and Brand Strategy at Soulcycle Inc., a role she held from November 2011 to April 2018. In her role, she assisted in growing the brand from four to over 85 studios in eight years and secured thousands of strategic media placements from The Today Show to Vanity Fair, developed key brand partnerships, managed all influencer marketing and celebrity/VIP relations. Gabby is also an Adjunct Professor at New York University, a role she took up in January of 2015.
Prior to SoulCycle, Gabby served as a Media Specialist and Senior Accountant Supervisor at NJFPR between September 2007 and November 2010. She served as a Freelance Publicist at Bonnie Reuben Communications between May and September, 2007. Earlier in her career, she served as a Sales and Marketing Manager at Global Events Partners from May 2006 until August 2007.
Gabby was born and raised in Atlantic Beach, NY and lives in Manhattan with her husband Jeff and two children Cece and Max and dog Juno.
Jacqueline Blatt, Director & Chief of Staff to the CEO of Rent the Runway
Joined RTR in September 2015
In her role as Chief of Staff, Jacqueline Blatt works in close partnership with the CEO and company leadership to scale the RTR brand and business through driving strategic initiatives, developing corporate partnerships and monitoring competitive intelligence. Prior to her promotion to Chief of Staff in April 2018, Jacqueline was Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, reporting to the CFO, where she played a key role in all financial aspects of the business, including long‐term planning and budgeting, interacting with the Board and investors, as well as leading Finance for the company's Unlimited subscription business. Prior to Rent the Runway, Jacqueline was a growth equity Investment Associate with General Atlantic's Palo Alto office from 2013 to 2015. While at General Atlantic, she focused on consumer internet and enterprise software investments on the West Coast, and completed investments in Uber and Airbnb. Prior to General Atlantic, Jacqueline was an M&A investment banking Analyst at Blackstone in New York from 2011 to 2013. Jacqueline graduated summa cum laude from the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School and a B.A. in International Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences.