| Jesse Genet | |
| Birth Date: | 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
| Alma Mater: | ArtCenter College of Design |
| Website: | Lumi |
Jesse Genet is an American businesswoman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Lumi, a firm that produces packaging and other branded materials for ecommerce ventures.[1]
Genet was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Her mother was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. When she was 15, her mother divorced her father and later married a technology entrepreneur whom Genet credits with shaping her changing worldview.[2] Her first entrepreneurial venture was printing T-shirts in the basement at age 16.[3] [4] This company became known as Inkodye, of which she became the CEO in 2010.[5] She later attended the ArtCenter College of Design, where she met her future business partner and collaborator, Stephan Ango.[4] [3]
See main article: Lumi (company). Genet founded Lumi in 2012 after several rounds of Kickstarter campaigns between 2009 and 2012.[5] Despite failing to get a deal on the syndicated television series Shark Tank,[6] Genet was able to finance her company's growth through Y Combinator.[7] As of 2015, the company had over $2.5 million in sales throughout the United States and 20 other countries.[6] Its customers include MeUndies, Parachute, and Tuft & Needle.[3]
As of 2018, the company has launched 18,000 projects and shipped 25 million units of packaging items.