Marcia Kilgore

Marcia Kilgore (born October 16, 1968) is an entrepreneur who has founded several companies in the beauty industry. Born in Outlook, Saskatchewan, she moved to New York City after high school with plans to study at Columbia University. When a missed student loan deadline kept her from enrolling, she pivoted into personal training, working with celebrity clients while taking classes part-time at New York University.

A skincare course changed her direction. Kilgore began giving facials out of her East Village apartment. She opened her first single-room skincare office in New York's SoHo district in 1991 and followed with a mini-spa called Let's Face It! in June 1993. Bliss Spa opened its doors in 1993 and grew into a multi-location chain credited with launching the mid-1990s spa boom. LVMH acquired a stake in Bliss in 1999, and in January 2004, Starwood bought the company outright for $25 million.

From beauty, Kilgore moved into affordable cosmetics. She launched Soap & Glory in 2006, a line of bath, body, and cosmetic products inspired by fast-fashion accessibility. The brand was acquired by Alliance Boots in 2014.

Soaper Duper arrived in October 2016- a range of naturally-derived, vegan, cruelty-free bath and body products. That same December, Kilgore launched Beauty Pie, a direct-to-consumer membership-based luxury beauty brand she calls the "Netflix of Beauty." It was her first venture to raise outside capital- over £100 million- and remains her flagship project today.