Entrepreneur takes big step in removing herself from operations

A $100 million company founder spent a year in meetings and interviews before hiring a CEO.


Stefania Pifferi. Sarah Kauss, a Florida native who founded stainless steel water bottle firm S’well in 2010, recently spoke at NaplesNext.
Stefania Pifferi. Sarah Kauss, a Florida native who founded stainless steel water bottle firm S’well in 2010, recently spoke at NaplesNext.
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It was a pair of 100s — more than 100 employees and $100 million in annual revenue — that led Sarah Kauss a few years ago to a big decision: The founder of S’well, which sells insulated stainless steel water bottles, decided to hire a CEO. The hire would represent the first time since Kauss founded the business in 2010 that she wouldn’t be captaining nearly every day-to-day decision.

 

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