Valentina Rossi

Valentina Rossi brings beauty industry expertise from her career in cosmetics product development before transitioning to investment analysis. After studying Chemistry at University of Milan and working for L'Oréal and Estée Lauder in product formulation, Valentina pursued her MBA from Columbia Business School to understand the business of beauty. Her technical background in cosmetic chemistry combined with marketing experience gives her unique perspective evaluating beauty companies. Valentina understands formulation trends, ingredient innovation, regulatory requirements across markets, and what drives consumer preference in this highly personal category. She excels at analyzing prestige versus mass beauty dynamics, the shift to specialty retail and DTC, and how social media transformed beauty marketing. Valentina was early to recognize that indie beauty brands would gain share from established players and correctly predicted skincare's outperformance versus color cosmetics. Her coverage spans global beauty conglomerates, prestige brands, mass market players, beauty retailers like Ulta and Sephora, and emerging indie brands. She tracks everything from K-beauty trends to clean beauty formulations to influencer-founded brands. Valentina understands that beauty combines scientific innovation with emotional connection and self-expression. Based in New York, she's positioned in a beauty industry hub while analyzing this resilient, innovation-driven sector.