Julian Steinberg
Julian Steinberg is a Co-Founder of Alliance Consumer Growth (“ACG”), a leading growth equity fund providing capital and value-added partnership to the most promising emerging consumer brands, with strength in beauty. Notable beauty businesses that ACG successfully partnered with include OUAI Haircare (later acquired by Procter & Gamble), Milk Makeup (later acquired by Waldencast), Tata Harper (later acquired by Amore Pacific), Pacifica Beauty, Nudestix, SuperOrdinary, and, most recently, iNNBeauty Project and Half Magic Beauty. Prior to founding ACG, Julian built Atlas Advisors’ principal investing affiliate, Atlas Consumer Growth, while also advising on M&A transactions as a Managing Director at Atlas. Julian received a BA in History from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Kristin Kim
Kristin is the current VP, Brand & Product Marketing at Glossier and has a robust marketing background at renowned global brands like Kiehl's Since 1851, NYX Cosmetics, and high-growth start-ups. Kristin's expertise is in crafting compelling brand narratives and driving momentous community engagement, leading successful insight-driven marketing campaigns and ensuring sustained growth in a rapidly evolving market.
William Susman
Eliza Becker
Michael Pihowich
Michael advises private equity and corporate clients on buy- and sell-side transactions. His experience covers a broad range of industries with a current focus on manufacturing and distribution and consumer products (beauty, personal care, food and beverage, and apparel) sold through channels including e-commerce, multiunit retail, wholesale, and specialty. He also advises on transactions for restaurants, franchises, and hospitality.
Prior to his work in TAS, for over 10 years, Michael held positions in business finance, global product management and corporate development at large multinational companies. He began his career at a Big Four firm in Toronto, Canada in the assurance and consulting practices.