WHO

IS SARAH KAUSS?

Advisor. Investor. Advocate.

Founder & Former CEO of S’well.

HER STORY

While on a hike In 2009, Sarah had a life-changing moment that inspired her to take hold of a personal passion for conservation and turn it into a reusable bottle movement.

Sarah bootstrapped S’well with $30,000 of her own savings to reach over $100 million in revenue as the CEO. During this time, Sarah created a new category and well-loved brand, helping to make sustainability more mainstream while displacing more than 4 billion single-use plastic bottles.

Today, she advises a range of public and private companies, helping uplift the next generation of business innovators.


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Sarah has been recognized as a Fortune’s “40 Under 40” honoree, EY Entrepreneurial Winning Woman and awarded the Harvard Business School Club of New York's Entrepreneurship Award. She is a member of the 2018 Class of Henry Crown Fellows and a member of the 2020 Class of Braddock Scholars within the Aspen Global leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Over the years, Sarah has sat on the UNICEF USA New York Regional Board, been an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and a mentor in the Fortune-State Department Global Mentoring Program.


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“We’ll change the world faster with big dreamers and passionate doers — who’s going to join me?”

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