Sarah JahnkeFounder

United States - Santa Monica, California

https://intro.co/SarahJahnke

Sarah is the CEO and Co-Founder of Homecourt, a category-defining luxury fragrance and homecare brand she started with Courteney Cox.

Prior to Homecourt, Sarah worked at L'Oréal, leading US Marketing for Viktor&Rolf and Proenza Schouler Fragrances. She also spearheaded direct-to-consumer retail pop-up shops and experiential events for a variety of L'Oreal LUXE cosmetics and fragrance brands including Giorgio Armani Beauty, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty, and Maison Margiela.

While at University of Chicago Booth pursuing an MBA, Sarah was a Venture Capital Associate at Hyde Park Angels, a group of the Midwest's most active early-stage investors, building relationships and sourcing deals with consumer-focused start-ups and entrepreneurs. She also participated in the New Venture Challenge, a top-ranked accelerator program, for her personal care product idea, where she identified formulators/manufacturers and filed a provisional patent.

Sarah started her career as a former management consultant for PwC where she advised clients on customer loyalty, re-branding, international expansion, and post-merger integration projects. Outside of PwC, Sarah interned for a private equity firm and various consumer focused start-ups including Hint Water during their expansion into the NYC market.

Sarah is an active mentor to early-stage consumer start-up companies and enjoys offering resume reviews to students.