Chief

Private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.

About

Founded

2019

Headquarters

New York, New York

Industry

Community

Company Description

Chief is a private membership network for senior executive women.

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Funding

Total Raised

$140 million

Valuation

$1.1 billion

Significant Investors

GGV Capital, General Catalyst, BoxGroup, Primary Venture Partners

Company Traction

Chief has 12,000+ Vice President and C-Suite executives, representing 8,500+ companies in its community. The community is 20,000+ strong and has 60,000 women on its waitlist.

Chief opened up flagship locations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago for its members.

Companies sponsoring memberships for its women leaders include Morgan Stanley, Zoom, L'Oréal, Google, PWC, IBM, HelloFresh, and Allstate.

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Leadership Team

Carolyn Childers: Co-Founder & CEO of Chief. Former SVP of Operations at Handy HQ.

Lindsay Kaplan: Co-Founder of Chief. Former VP, Communications & Brand at Casper.

Bridget Winston: CRO at Chief. Former CRO at Shutterstock.

Kendra Mitchell: Chief People Officer at Chief. Former Assistant General Counsel at Duo Security.‍

Caroline Dell: VP & General Manager, New Verticals at Chief. Former Head of Customer Operations at LOLA.

Press

The New York Times (March 30, 2023): Is Empowering Corporate Women Enough?

TechCrunch (October 18, 2022): Why members-only club Chief, with a waitlist of 60K, hates the term ‘girl boss’

TechCrunch (March 31, 2022): Women’s leadership network Chief surges to unicorn status

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