Company · Fashion & Apparel · Retail · founded 2002
Kendra Scott
Jewelry and accessories brand founded in Austin, Texas, in 2002 by Kendra Scott with $500 in a spare bedroom. In 2016 Berkshire Partners bought a minority stake at a $1 billion valuation. Scott is executive chairwoman.
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Founder; CEO until February 2021, then executive chairwoman, 2002–now
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· high confidence. Wikipedia says she stepped down as CEO in February 2021 and remains executive chairwoman, and that Chris Blakeslee became CEO in January 2026. Wikipedia does not mention the interim return; National Jeweler (Jan. 9, 2026) reports she had been interim CEO since August after CEO Tom Nolan, the CFO and the chief people officer left (the year is inferred from the article date), and Retail Dive confirms Nolan left in August and Blakeslee started that Monday.
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Kendra Scott
Founder and executive chairwoman, Kendra Scott LLC
middle-class · outsider · some college
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