Melanie Whelan is an American businesswoman who currently serves as a managing director of the investment firm Summit Partners.
Melanie Whelan | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Bryn Mawr School Brown University |
| Occupation(s) | Former CEO of SoulCycle, managing director of Summit Partners |
Whelan began her career working in corporate development for Virgin America and Starwood. She later became vice president of business development for Equinox Fitness.[1][2][3] Whelan served as the COO of SoulCycle from 2012 until 2015, when she became the company's CEO.[4] She led the company's initial public offering (IPO).[5] In 2020, Whelan joined investment firm Summit Partners as a managing director.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Most Creative People: Melanie Whelan". Fast Company. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Bertoni, Steven (May 2, 2017). "SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan Shares Her Secrets Of Building An Addictive Brand". Forbes. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Lev-Ram, Michael (October 2, 2015). "Meet the female CEO steering SoulCycle to its IPO". Fortune. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Cohn, Meredith (September 25, 2017). "SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, a Baltimore native, talks work, workouts and integrated parenting". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Gupta, Shannon (April 26, 2017). "What SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan is reading this week". CNN. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Crichton, Danny (June 30, 2020). "Summit raises $2.2B across two megafunds, and pulls in ex-CEO of SoulCycle as newest investor". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 February 2021.