Melanie Whelan
Melanie Whelan | |
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| Education | Bryn Mawr School Brown University |
| Occupation(s) | Former CEO of SoulCycle, managing director of Summit Partners |
Melanie Whelan is an American businesswoman who currently serves as a managing director of the investment firm 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.