A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions
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Today's episode includes descriptions of sexual assault. Please take care while listening. For a lot of founders, selling your company is the ultimate dream. But for Gwen Whiting, that dream was actually a bit of a nightmare. Gwen's the entrepreneur behind The Laundress, the cult favorite brand that turned laundry into a luxury business without a single dollar of outside funding. Gwen sold The Laundress to Unilever for a reported $100 million. But after she left, the recalls started. We talk about how she built it, what really happened during the Unilever acquisition, and the fallout that followed. In the show notes, I'll also link the articles that Unilever responded to so you can see their side of the story.
Gwen also shares what she wishes she knew before she signed on the dotted line and why she's back now in the game with her new venture, The Fill. We also talk about how Gwen manages professional challenges while dealing with personal ones. At the end of our conversation, Gwen shares her experience as one of the 567 known survivors of a now disgraced Columbia OBGYN. It is a brave and important conversation about personal trauma, public accountability, and reclaiming your voice. The interview right after this. I am so excited you head up to Big Sur with my husband this fall. We are celebrating our anniversary. And while I will miss the little mush so much, we are also really excited to have a little parents time.
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