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Kardashian ally Emma Grede on women, ambition and turning ideas into retail billions

Cnbc · · 1062 words · By Krysta Escobar
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Emma Grede, co-founder and CEO of inclusive fashion brand Good American alongside Khloé Kardashian, and founding partner of Skims with Kim Kardashian, has had a boardroom seat to the billion-dollar impact social influence can have on business.

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What happened

Emma Grede, co-founder and CEO of inclusive fashion brand Good American alongside Khloé Kardashian, and founding partner of Skims with Kim Kardashian, has had a boardroom seat to the billion-dollar impact social influence can have on business.

Why it matters

But she says it takes a lot more than influence to turn ambition and ideas into lasting success, and she has plenty of advice from her path to self-made millionaire to offer other women.

Common ground

In Grede's new book "Start With Yourself", which came out Tuesday, she writes that women are often held back by how they are conditioned to think about money, leadership, and the permission to pursue their ambitions.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Hasty Generalization: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In Grede's new book "Start With Yourself", which came out Tuesday”
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Multiple sources confirm the release of the book 'Start With Yourself'. One source specifically mentions it dropped on Tuesday, April 14.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede Just Released Her First Book And Her Take On Work-Life Balance Will Divide People.Video Emma Grede talks new book, 'Start With Yourself'.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede dropped the book “Start With Yourself” on Tuesday, April 14, and has launched a viral book tour.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/emma-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede announced her first book, Start With Yourself, scheduled for release on April 14, 2026, as a candid, practical guide for personal and business growth.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/emma-grede-unveils-start-with-you…
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Claim 2: “Grede told CNBC's Julia Boorstin during the latest episode of the "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast, which was also released Tuesday.”
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LinkedIn and other search results explicitly confirm Emma Grede appeared on the 'CNBC Changemakers and Power Players' podcast hosted by Julia Boorstin.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede, CEO of Good American and founding partner of SKIMS, shares her advice to women on how to deal with failure during the latest episode of the CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast. Lis…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cnbc_cnbc-changemakers-and-po…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede wearing Alaia FW24 RTW arrives at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala Presented by Paul Mitchell held at the Pacific Design Center on November 9, 2024 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/emma-…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the CNBC podcast, Grede's partnership with Kim Kardashian eventually grew SKIMS into a $5 billion brand. She attributed this growth to a refusal to chase fleeting trends, choosing instead…
https://www.fakta.co/emma-grede-retail-success-failure
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Claim 3: “She launched a global talent and brand agency, but failed when she attempted to expand the business to Los Angeles.”
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While one source mentions she started her own marketing agency by age 25, the specific detail about failing during an expansion to Los Angeles is not corroborated by the other provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Key TakeawaysEmma Grede, 42, is the CEO of Good American and the Chief Product Officer of Skims.Grede dropped out of school at age 16 and started her own marketing agency by age 25.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/skims-boss-emma-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede shows up to the set of her 10 shoot on a sunny Monday morning in West Hollywood wearing Ritz-Carlton-branded striped silk pyjamas, with an Hermès black crocodile Birkin in her hand.
https://www.10magazine.com.au/articles/from-the-issue-emma-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Grede, founding partner and chief product officer of Skims, has embraced a hands-on approach to AI that offers a model for founders navigating today’s fast-changing technology scene.
https://www.founded.com/emma-grede-built-skims-into-a-5b-bra…
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Claim 4: “Grede was named to the 2025 CNBC Changemakers list.”
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A CNBC article titled 'The 2025 CNBC Changemakers' explicitly lists the women transforming business, and the context of the podcast appearance confirms Grede's inclusion.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma Findlay Grede is a British businesswoman, entrepreneur and fashion designer.In January 2025, Grede teamed up with fashion designer Kristin Juszczyk[21] to launch apparel brand Off Season in colla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Grede
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web search NEUTRAL — The site owner hides the web page description.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/24/emma-grede-2025-changemakers…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025 CNBC Changemakers – Here’s the full list of women transforming business. Article by Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent based at the network’s Los Angeles Bureau.
https://greenmoney.com/women-are-transforming-business-and-p…
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Claim 5: “Grede, who has been a recurring judge on ABC's "Shark Tank" and was the show's first Black female investor”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of results for a 2020 movie titled 'Emma', which is completely irrelevant to Emma Grede. No evidence in the provided set confirms her role on Shark Tank.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma (stylised as Emma.) is a 2020 period romantic comedy film directed by Autumn de Wilde, from a screenplay by Eleanor Catton, based on Jane Austen 's 1815 novel of the same name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(2020_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 6, 2020 · Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma mu…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214832/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA. Handsome, c...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsOwj0PR5Sk
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Claim 6: “Grede... grew up in East London and was raised by a single mom with limited financial resources.”
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Three independent sources (Business Insider, The Independent, and a profile mentioning the Wall Street Journal) all confirm she grew up in East London and was raised by a single mother with limited resources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma grew up in East London, England, with a single mom and three sisters. Her maiden name was Findlay. At 12 years old, she started working odd jobs and bought fashion magazines with her earnings.
https://www.businessinsider.com/emma-grede-jens-grede-ceos-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grede grew up in East London, raised by a single mother with limited financial resources, and that experience shaped both her drive and her views on honest ambition. In her original Wall Street Journa…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/emma-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Who is Emma Grede? Everything you need to know about the Dragons’ Den guest star. The businesswoman co-founded Good American and Skims.Born and raised in East London by her single mother, the business…
https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/emma-grede-dra…
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Claim 7: “Emma Grede, co-founder and CEO of inclusive fashion brand Good American alongside Khloé Kardashian, and founding partner of Skims with Kim Kardashian”
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Multiple independent sources (Business Insider, The Independent, and CNBC-related search results) confirm Emma Grede is the co-founder/CEO of Good American and a founding partner of Skims.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emma (stylised as Emma.) is a 2020 period romantic comedy film directed by Autumn de Wilde, from a screenplay by Eleanor Catton, based on Jane Austen 's 1815 novel of the same name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(2020_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 6, 2020 · Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma mu…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214832/
travel_explore
web search NEUTRAL — Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA. Handsome, c...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsOwj0PR5Sk
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