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Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company

2026-05-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 12m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to …
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Gregg Renfrew started a movement by making better-for-you cosmetics, then enlisted an army of women to build the business through direct sales. But after selling Beautycounter, she was pushed out of the company she created. Then she got to do something almost no founder gets to do:  She bought