Lucy Lyle
Lucy Lyle is a NYC-based entrepreneur known for founding office product E-commerce company Perch, and for her work as a product and marketing strategist for Google.
| Lucy Lyle | |
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| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Brown University (B.A. in Economics and Philosophy) |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Early Life and Education
Lucy Lyle was born and raised in Tribeca, Manhattan. Her father was a chef and restaurateur and her mother was an artist. Lucy Lyle attended Brown University, where she majored in Economics and Philosophy and graduated magna cum laude with honors in 2010.[1][2]
Career
While in school, Lucy Lyle interned at investment banking firm Lazard Freres, and was offered a full-time job with the firm.[2] She went on to work in supply chain management at Runa, a guayusa tea company, in Ecuador. Lucy Lyle was then hired by Google to work with Google’s largest customers on ad campaign strategy. She then moved on to work as a product strategist in Google’s Creative Lab.[3] After observing work trends involving physical offices, she left Google to start her own consumer workspace product brand, which became Perch.
After launching in 2015 with $1 million in funding, Perch officially opened for business in 2016.[3] For her work with Perch, Lucy Lyle was named one of New York’s 101 top CEOs in the consumer space by BestStartup.us.[4] Perch was featured in publications such as Vanity Fair,[5] Business Insider,[6] Architectural Digest,[7] and Forbes,[8] while Lucy Lyle was interviewed in publications such as Domino[9] and Men’s Health.[10] Perch was known for its mahogany desk products, which were the only solid hardwood self-assembly furniture products being shipped at the time.
Personal Life
Lucy Lyle lives in Brooklyn with her partner, Jack, and her dog, Chutzpah. In her spare time, she enjoys practicing yoga and meditation.
External links
- Lucy Lyle on F6s
- Lucy Lyle on Instagram
- Lucy Lyle on LinkedIn
- Lucy Lyle on Facebook
- Lucy Lyle on Pinterest
- Lucy Lyle on Crunchbase
References
- ↑ https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lucy-lyle
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://angel.co/p/lucy-lyle
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.businessinsider.com/former-googler-lucy-lyle-launches-perch-2016-11
- ↑ https://beststartup.us/meet-new-yorks-101-top-ceos-in-the-consumer-space/
- ↑ https://www.discountmags.com/magazine/vanity-fair-march-1-2017-digital
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/former-googler-lucy-lyle-launches-perch-2016-11
- ↑ https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/lucy-lyle-launches-perch-workspace-decor
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/viviennedecker/2016/11/07/the-millennial-behind-perch-wants-to-transform-your-workspace-with-direct-to-consumer-office-decor/?sh=5ac8c1e352ef
- ↑ https://www.domino.com/content/how-to-create-a-personal-workspace/
- ↑ https://www.menshealth.com/style/a19544043/messy-desk-killing-productivity-how-to-clean-up-workspace/
