Sarah Kauss

Sarah Kauss is an advisor, investor, advocate and the founder of S’well. She is a consumer products leader with a track record in launching companies, building multi-million dollar brands, and partnering with multinational corporations to meet sustainability goals. As the CEO of S’well, Sarah successfully bootstrapped the company with $30,000 of her savings to reach over $100 million in revenue. She created a new category and well-loved brand, helping to make sustainability more mainstream and displacing more than 4 billion single-use plastic bottles. 

Sarah sits on the UNICEF USA New York Regional Board, is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and a mentor in the Fortune-State Department Global Mentoring Program. She is a member of the 2018 Class of Henry Crown Fellows and a member of the 2020 Class of Braddock Scholars within the Aspen Global leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Sarah earned a BS in accounting from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA from Harvard Business School.