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Exclusive: Ex-Glossier CEO Kyle Leahy joins Whoop to help take on Apple and Oura

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Wearables company Whoop has hired former Glossier CEO Kyle Leahy as its new chief commercial officer.

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Kyle Leahy joined Glossier in 2021 and became the beauty brand's CEO in 2022 as it sought to move beyond its direct-to-consumer roots. Taking over from founder Emily Weiss, she led the brand into Sephora and helped it become a true omnichannel business, but ended up exiting last year as the brand pursued another reset under new CEO Colin Walsh. Today, she's announcing her next move. Fortune is the first to report that Leahy will take on the fast-growing category of wearables as chief commercial officer at Whoop. Founded by Will Ahmed 14 years ago, Whoop sells its signature bracelet-style wearable health-tracker, with 3 million members across 56 countries. Its biggest competitors are Oura and Apple. The WSJ recently reported that Whoop had 1.9% of the health-tracking wristband or ring market in the first quarter of this year, compared to 52% for Apple and 9.8% for Oura. After raising $575 million at a $10.1 billion valuation in March, Whoop has recently been building out its executive team as it prepares to go after more of the wearables market. It brought on Nike alum Dirk-Jan van Hameren as CMO and Kristen Moss as chief communications officer. Whoop and Glossier share IVP as a mutual investor. The existing Whoop customer is extremely engaged; they open the app as often as eight times a day. But as chief commercial officer, Leahy will be tasked with getting Whoops on more...

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Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Kyle Leahychief commercial officer
Takes effect
Jul 28, 2026

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  • Kyle Leahychief commercial officer · Named in the story

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  • directors
  • sales

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Confidence
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Detected
Jul 28, 2026
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