Karlie Kloss

Again, sort of that period of when I was... Wanted to kind of, again, evolve my life and let go of some things. And I went back to school and I walked away from Victoria's Secret. And I was really kind of soul-searching of, like... What actually does feel meaningful to me? What is intellectually stimulating? And also, sort of a moment, and this is around 20… I guess at this point, 2014.

Again, sort of that period of when I was... Wanted to kind of, again, evolve my life and let go of some things. And I went back to school and I walked away from Victoria's Secret. And I was really kind of soul-searching of, like... What actually does feel meaningful to me? What is intellectually stimulating? And also, sort of a moment, and this is around 20… I guess at this point, 2014.

And I had, again, felt this sort of responsibility… an opportunity with so many young women following me on social media. And I felt like I needed to do more with that or I wanted to do more. It was an opportunity to actually be impactful. So I didn't want to fully walk away from my fashion career because that was part of the power that gave me that sort of influence.

And I had, again, felt this sort of responsibility… an opportunity with so many young women following me on social media. And I felt like I needed to do more with that or I wanted to do more. It was an opportunity to actually be impactful. So I didn't want to fully walk away from my fashion career because that was part of the power that gave me that sort of influence.

So it's like, how do I stay one foot in this world but use it in a more meaningful way, at least to me? And that's when... I went back to school. I went back to this coding boot camp called the Flatiron School. It was like a deep intensive in the sort of front end and back end of tech, both software, hardware.

So it's like, how do I stay one foot in this world but use it in a more meaningful way, at least to me? And that's when... I went back to school. I went back to this coding boot camp called the Flatiron School. It was like a deep intensive in the sort of front end and back end of tech, both software, hardware.

The only thing I knew—so I went to a great public school. There was no comp sci. You know, we had, thank goodness, a financial literacy class. Fantastic. Which was ahead of its time, but we did not have computer science. It was still early. So I had had no exposure, but what I had had was, by way of Josh, certainly, and all the entrepreneurs I met through him—

The only thing I knew—so I went to a great public school. There was no comp sci. You know, we had, thank goodness, a financial literacy class. Fantastic. Which was ahead of its time, but we did not have computer science. It was still early. So I had had no exposure, but what I had had was, by way of Josh, certainly, and all the entrepreneurs I met through him—

And I was meeting, you know, Kevin Systrom was one of the co-founders of Instagram and he was, you know, a friend of mine.

And I was meeting, you know, Kevin Systrom was one of the co-founders of Instagram and he was, you know, a friend of mine.

I'm coming to that dinner. Oh yeah. I know all the portfolio companies. Like I know, I know things. So I'm like, I met, you know, Kevin was a good friend and it sort of clicked for me. Okay.

I'm coming to that dinner. Oh yeah. I know all the portfolio companies. Like I know, I know things. So I'm like, I met, you know, Kevin was a good friend and it sort of clicked for me. Okay.

Instagram, which has transformed my job as a model and certainly the fashion industry and many other industries, you know, he started with an idea and he not only had this sort of business idea, but actually he, more than even a business idea. He just, he knew how to code.

Instagram, which has transformed my job as a model and certainly the fashion industry and many other industries, you know, he started with an idea and he not only had this sort of business idea, but actually he, more than even a business idea. He just, he knew how to code.

He had this secret skill set of this fancy language that only certain, at the time, it felt extremely sort of out of access to anyone outside of Silicon Valley. It was this intellectual thing that only certain, primarily men. Yeah. If you knew, you knew.

He had this secret skill set of this fancy language that only certain, at the time, it felt extremely sort of out of access to anyone outside of Silicon Valley. It was this intellectual thing that only certain, primarily men. Yeah. If you knew, you knew.

And this was sort of still like early-ish days and... in a lot of sort of tech platforms. And so I was really fascinated by that. And I also loved sort of the challenge of that. I think maybe because I'm one of four daughters and I have this like sort of competitive drive of like, whatever the boys can do, we can do, I can do as well.

And this was sort of still like early-ish days and... in a lot of sort of tech platforms. And so I was really fascinated by that. And I also loved sort of the challenge of that. I think maybe because I'm one of four daughters and I have this like sort of competitive drive of like, whatever the boys can do, we can do, I can do as well.

It does. And so I think that like, I felt like, all right, first of all, how amazing that like one person can build an idea that can transform the world.

It does. And so I think that like, I felt like, all right, first of all, how amazing that like one person can build an idea that can transform the world.