Kathryn Minshew

Kathryn Minshew is the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career-development platform. 2Career Minshew was a management consultant at McKinsey. She worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative until 2010, when she co-founded Pretty Young Professionals, a networking site for young professional women. In 2011, Minshew co-founded The Muse (originally called The Daily Muse), a "career platform and job discovery tool serving more than 5 million professionals worldwide," with Alexandra Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery. Minshew is the CEO of The Muse and Cavoulacos is the COO. The Muse has raised $28.7 million in total funding from 22 Investors. The Muse was accepted into tech accelerator YCombinator for the Winter 2012 class. 2Recognition and awards She was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media list in 2011 and 2012. Minshew and her co-founders were also on the Inc. (magazine) 2012 list of 15 Women to Watch in Tech. She has been featured in publications including Wired, Forbes, Inc., Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, and Stylecaste