Carol Kane (businesswoman)

Carol Kane (born October 1966) is a British businesswoman, the co-founder and joint CEO of Boohoo.com.

Carol Kane
BornOctober 1966 (age 56–57)
NationalityBritish
Occupationbusinesswoman
Known forCo-founder and joint CEO, Boohoo.com

Early life

Carol Kane was born in October 1966.[1] She comes from a working-class background, the youngest of four children of a builder father.[2]

Career

Kane started her career as a designer, going to Berkshire College of Art & Design in Maidenhead Berkshire, before moving to London.[2]In 1993, she took a position working as a senior designer for Pinstripe Clothing.[2]

Boohoo was founded in 2006 by Carol Kane and Mahmud Kamani, who are joint chief executives.[3]

Boohoo also runs boohooMAN.com, PrettyLittleThing.com and NastyGal.com and all of the brands are targeted at 16-24 year olds.[4]

In April 2017, Boohoo announced that its profits had almost doubled to £31 million on sales up by 51% to almost £300 million.[5] When the company was floated on the stock market in 2014, it was valued at £560 million, and is worth about £2 billion as of April 2017.[5]

Personal life

Kane has a long-term partner of 30 years and they live in Stafford with their four dogs.[2][6]

References
  1. "Carol KANE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. Diane Cooke (10 September 2015). "Meet the 'proper northern lass' who went from working class background to joint Boohoo.com CEO". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. "board of directors – boohoo.com plc". Boohooplc.com. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. "company overview – boohoo.com plc". Boohooplc.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. "Boohoo online fashion retailer sees its profits double - BBC News". BBC. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. "Secrets of my success: Boohoo co-founder Carol Kane". London Evening Standard. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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