Forbes 30 under 30: Steph Korey
Cofounded travel brand Away in 2015 with fellow 30 Under 30 list alumni Jen Rubio (Marketing and Advertising, 2015), selling chic, affordable ‘smart’ suitcases; the $225 carry-on has a phone charger built in. The duo raised $11 million in venture funding in 2016 and plan to open retail stores.
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Jen Rubio was rushing through the Zurich airport when her suitcase broke. She stuffed her clothes back inside and duct-taped the mess. Then she asked her 2,600 Facebook friends for advice on what suitcase to buy. No one had a good answer.
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Steph Korey: From Bags to Riches
Steph Korey ’15BUS was in her last semester of business school when she got a call from a grumpy friend, stuck at the airport with a broken suitcase.
“She didn’t know whether to shell out a lot of money for high-quality luggage or to buy something else cheap that wouldn’t last,” Korey says. “We got to talking about why there wasn’t an affordable, durable option on the market and wondered what it would take to make one.”
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In the Suitcase of Jen Rubio and Steph Korey, Co-Founders of Away
Jen Rubio and Steph Korey are the co-founders of Away, the American suitcase brand that is taking off! Created in 2016, after a fundraising of $ 81 million, Away is now a company of 200 people , supplies 40 countries, owns 5 stores in the United States, the last in Chicago and is taking over the European market with a new space of 280 m2 in London.
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Former Member Steph Korey Highlighted in VOGUE
Stephanie is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Away, a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand that creates luggage and other travel products. She worked in Percec Laboratory as a high school internship student and co-authored a publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6713-6720.
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Steph Corey, Co-Founder and CEO, Away on Selling Luggage and a Lifestyle
How Steph Korey and Jen Rubio co-founded a luggage company for the modern adventurer that is taking the world by storm.
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When was the last time you were excited about buying a suitcase? Never? Well, a new company wants to change that. Back in January 2015, Steph Korey ’09 and Jen Rubio, early employees at Warby Parker (cofounded by Andy Hunt ’04), started searching for a suitcase to replace Rubio’s, which had broken. They found that, aside from a few designer lines, most suitcases were indistinguishable at best and breakable at worst.
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The Boss: The Founders of Away, Steph Korey and Jen Rubio, Have 3 Tips for Female Entrepreneurs
A little more than two years after deciding to launch our company, it’s clear we’ve done a few things right as we have hundreds of thousands of happy customers, a team of more than 100 and tens of millions in revenue. But it hasn’t always been easy, and we’ve made a few mistakes along the way that were inevitable when you’re moving quickly. Still, we thrive on a culture of embracing risk and learning from our mistakes.
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Q&A with Away CEO Steph Korey on Her Social Impact Journey
Many may know Away from social media and their innovative design that enables the ability to charge your devices straight from their suit of luggage products. What you may not have known is that Away is one of the most socially impactful brands in the world.
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Stephanie Korey: How Away is Making Travel Seamless
Steph and Jenna discuss the leadership, planning, and processes enabling Away to scale internationally and accommodate a projected $10 million in sales during their first year.
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An interview with Steph Korey about how traveling in her childhood impacted her life, her biggest business challenge, the person that’s helped her the most, her guiding leadership principles and her best career advice.
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Women in Business Q&A: Jen Rubio and Steph Korey, Founders, Away
Jen Rubio and Steph Korey established premium travel brand Away to design and make products with the needs of the modern traveler in mind.
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