Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Women are noticeably absent from the C-suite of European banks, universities are unofficially prioritizing men in admissions to correct a widening gender gap, and author Marisa Meltzer shares the discrepancy that inspired her to write her new book Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier. Have a lovely Tuesday!
- Behind the gloss. In 2021, I started writing a book about the beauty industry that became Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier. Out today, my book tells the story of the rise of one of the 21st century’s most influential brands.
I got my first view of the business-book landscape before I started my reporting for this project. Glossier’s enigmatic founder Emily Weiss, whom I interviewed for a magazine story at her home in the summer of 2019, had seemingly read every business book in existence. In her living room, she had copies of Bad Blood about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and Principles by Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater; two separate hardcovers of Angela Duckworth’s Grit; Small Fry, the memoir by Steve Jobs’s daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs; The Everything Store, about Amazon; and Powerhouse on the Hollywood talent agency CAA.
