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Lily Kanter, co-founder of Serena & Lily, and currently co-founder/CEO of Averylily and Good Mvmt. Lily has over 36 years of experience in the business and technology fields. She has held leadership positions for Microsoft, Deloitte & Touche and created the first Microsoft flagship earning her the Chairman’s Award from Bill Gates in July 1999.
Lily left Microsoft in late 2000 to start a family and focus on philanthropic causes, efforts that earned her the cover spot of Time Magazine as a “New Philanthropist” is July 2000.
Inspired by her first foray into motherhood in June of 2001, Lily opened a baby-oriented home furnishings business which eventually led to her partnership with Serena and the creation of Serena & Lily.
Lily’s current business focus is unlocking capitalism as a force for good, and using business to power social good.
Lily graduated Arizona State University with a BS in Accounting and attended the Executive MBA program at Pepperdine University.
Lily is a Wexner Heritage Fellow as well as a Henry Crown Fellow from the Aspen Institute. She is guest lecturer at Stanford University on the case study she authored on Serena & Lily. She and her husband, Marc Sarosi, live in Mill Valley, CA with their three college aged boys.
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