Kara Goldin
Born
Kara Ellen Keenan

1967 or 1968 (age 55–56)[1]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Alma materArizona State University
OccupationBusinesswoman
Known forFounder and former CEO, Hint Water
SpouseTheo Goldin
Children4

Kara Ellen Goldin (nee Keenan; born 1967/68) is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and former CEO of Hint Water, a flavored water brand founded in 2005.[2][3][4]

Early life

She was born Kara Ellen Keenan, a daughter of William and Kay Keenan of Tempe, Arizona.[5] Her father worked for Con-Agra, and then for Armour & Company in Phoenix, where he retired as the general manager for distribution, and her mother worked at a local department store.[5][6] She is the youngest of five children.[7] Goldin grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona, after moving there from Minneapolis when she was three years of age.[7]

Goldin majored in communications and minored in finance at Arizona State University, graduating in 1989.[8]

Career

After graduating in 1989 from ASU, she moved to New York City, after accepting her first job out of college at Time Inc.[9] Goldin worked in circulation at Time Inc. for three years.[10] She started out as an executive assistant and worked her way up to managing the airline circulation for the Time Inc. publications.[7] She then moved on to work in advertising sales at CNN.[3]

Following her move to San Francisco, Goldin began working for a start-up called 2Market, a spin-out of Apple pursuing a computer-based shopping idea that Steve Jobs developed.[10] She was given the position of National Sales Manager for two years until the company was bought out by AOL.[10] Goldin then began working in e-commerce for AOL as the Vice President of Shopping and E-commerce Partnerships while her husband worked for Netscape.[11] In this position she grew AOL’s e-commerce and shopping business to about a billion dollars in revenue.[12] When AOL acquired Netscape in 2001, Kara decided to take a step back from this field of work and focus on raising her family.[12] After having three children, Goldin realized that she wanted to spend her time creating and living a healthy lifestyle.[13] She had trouble losing the additional baby weight and came to the realization that her main problem was that she was addicted to diet-sweetened beverages, which were reinforcing her craving for high-calorie sugary foods.[14]

Goldin then took this idea and launched Hint in 2005 in San Francisco [15] as a healthy alternative to the sugary, diet-sweetened drinks she had been consuming.[16] Hint Water is flavored solely with natural fruit.[17] In the 12 years since its creation, Hint Water has become an asset of the break rooms of some of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile companies, including Google, Facebook and LinkedIn.[3][18] Hint Fizz carbonated beverage was launched in 2011 and in 2017, Hint began to market sunscreen.[13][19]

Following her work and creation of Hint, Goldin wanted to share her experiences as an entrepreneur with the world. She created The Kara Network as a place for fellow entrepreneurs to reach out and tell their stories as well as provide some helpful insight to those who were interested in following a similar path.[3][20]

Kara’s first job was at age 14 working for a local toy store, Alphabet Toys in Scottsdale where after a few weeks, she was asked to help with buying for the entire store.[21] Kara credits this experience with launching her on the path to entrepreneurship.

Personal life

Right before she began working with CNN, Goldin met her husband, Theo Goldin, who at the time was in law school at New York University.[22] They married in 1995 at the Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona.[5]

They moved to San Francisco when Theo graduated and they were married shortly after.[22] They have four children together.[23]

Awards and recognition

  • Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs (2011)[24]
  • Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurial Winning Women (2012)[25]
  • Gold Stevie Award Winner for Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2013)[26]
  • Forbes' 40 Women to Watch Over 40 (2013)[27][28]
  • EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Northern California (2017)[27]
  • Fast Company's'Most Creative People in Business (one of) (2017) [29]

References

  1. ↑ Armstrong, Natalie (7 June 2011). "Mother creates unsweetened solution to". Reuters. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "How This Entrepreneur Turned Her Diet Coke Addiction Into a Company". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Zipkin, Nina (2017-08-03). "The Entrepreneur Behind a $90 Million Company Shares How You Can Get Past the Naysayers to Build a Successful Business". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. ↑ "Kara Goldin | Accompany". Accompany. 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. 1 2 3 "WEDDINGS; Kara E. Keenan, Theodore Goldin". The New York Times. 19 March 1995. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Olson, Elizabeth (28 May 2011). "Kara Goldin of Hint, Quenching a Thirst - The Boss". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. 1 2 3 Olson, Elizabeth (2011-05-28). "Kara Goldin of Hint, Quenching a Thirst - The Boss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  8. ↑ "ASU alumna changing the beverage game with 'Hint' water". ASU Now: Access, Excellence, Impact. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  9. ↑ "Listen to your gut — it could make you CEO one day". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  10. 1 2 3 Simon, Dan. "Liquid Courage: Hint Water CEO Kara Goldin Takes On The World". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  11. ↑ Wilson, Joanne (17 December 2012). "Kara Goldin, Hint, Woman Entrepreneur – Gotham Gal". gothamgal.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  12. 1 2 Valley, Women of Silicon (2017-06-04). "7 Questions with Kara Goldin". Women of Silicon Valley. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  13. 1 2 "How the founder of Hint Water says she proved naysayers wrong". ABC News. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  14. ↑ Galbraith, Sasha. "For A Hint On How To Be Healthy, Just Ask Kara Goldin". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  15. ↑ Silver, Curtis. "How Hint Water Has Become The De Facto Official Drink Of Silicon Valley". Forbes. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Kara Goldin Hint Water". Haute Living. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  17. ↑ "Propylene glycol in the spotlight as Hint Water is targeted in 'all-natural' lawsuit with a new twist". foodnavigator-usa.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  18. ↑ "Hint Water CEO Kara Goldin on Being an "Accidental Entrepreneur"". 14 August 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  19. ↑ Belanger, Lydia (3 May 2017). "Why One Founder Says It's Crucial to Question Assumptions and Constantly Improve". Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  20. ↑ Goldin, Kara. "How One Entrepreneur Is Changing The Face Of Angel Investing". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  21. ↑ "How She Got Whole Foods to Carry Her Product". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  22. 1 2 "WEDDINGS; Kara E. Keenan, Theodore Goldin". The New York Times. 1995-03-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  23. ↑ "Hint Water's Kara Goldin Is A Flavored-Water Magnate. Just Don't Call Her "Sweetie"". Fastcompany. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Hint CEO named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs". Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  25. ↑ "Kara Goldin Hint Water". Haute Living. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  26. ↑ Wickman, Andi (2016-09-12). "Connections: An Interview Series with Entrepreneurs". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  27. 1 2 Hammer, Carrie. "Kara Goldin Finds Sweet Success With Hint". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  28. ↑ Sugar, Lisa (11 August 2017). "How hint Water Founder Kara Goldin Bottles Her Happiness". Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  29. ↑ "Fast Company's Most Creative People". Retrieved 6 May 2019.


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