NAPA VALLEY, California — After three days of transformative conversations and industry insights, the third edition of The Business of Beauty’s Global Beauty Forum concluded with a farewell dinner.
Hosted in partnership with L’Oréal Groupe, the evening celebrated the Global Beauty Awards winners who were carefully selected by an esteemed jury including Imran Amed, BoF’s founder and CEO, and Ali Goldstein, L’Oréal USA’s president of mergers and acquisitions. Goldstein presented the Creative Execution Award in the Breakthrough Track to premium skincare label Akt London, founded by Ed Currie and Andy Coxon from the United Kingdom.
The dinner served as both a celebration of these entrepreneurs’ current achievements and a launch pad for the innovations that will chart beauty’s next chapter, while providing an opportunity for guests to reflect together on learnings gleaned at the forum.
Those in attendance — from beauty industry leaders to retail executives and entrepreneurs — first gathered outside the Stanly Ranch Glasshouse, with its panoramic views overlooking the Napa Valley vineyards during golden hour. As guests took their seats for dinner, Amed and Goldstein delivered a toast reflecting on the remarkable achievements recognised by The Business of Beauty Global Awards.
“It has been so inspiring to hear our finalists’ stories and learn about the challenges you have faced and the change you want to drive in the industry,” said Amed in his remarks. “We are grateful to do these events alongside our partners, including L’Oréal, and over the past few days, we have worked together as part of the jury to deliberate on our winners.”
Goldstein reinforced the collaborative spirit, adding: “The spirit of L’Oréal is about identifying and supporting the beauty industry around the world, highlighting fantastic innovation, recognising great founders and great brands. This forum really brings that to light and we couldn’t have been more excited to have been a part of it.”
The award winners, selected from over 100 applicants from 17 countries and five continents, represented a diverse range of innovative companies and founders. The honorees were celebrated alongside an audience that included Hailey Bieber, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tarang Amin, Marc Terlet, Yasmin Sewell and Sydney Towle.
This is a sponsored feature paid for by L’Oréal Groupe as part of a BoF partnership.
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