Katia Beauchamp^[1] is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Birchbox.

Katia Beauchamp, (née Ververis), was born in Austin, Texas but moved to El Paso when she was four years old.^[2] She was raised by her mother, who is of Mexican descent. Her father, who is Greek, lived in Germany. Beauchamp has a younger brother.^[3]

Beauchamp attended several elementary schools in El Paso including Dr. Green Elementary School in West El Paso. She graduated from Coronado High School^[2] and later attended Vassar College, graduating in 2005 with a double major in international studies and economics with a minor in Spanish.^[1]

After graduating from Vassar College, Beauchamp began her career in structured finance and then moved into commercial real estate.^[4] She founded Birchbox in 2010 while at Harvard Business School.^[5]

In 2016, Beauchamp received the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award in recognition of her achievements in beauty.^[6] She is of Mexican-American ethniticy.^[5]

Beauchamp and her co-founder, Hayley Barna, were named to Inc. Magazine's "30 under 30" list in 2016.^[7] The two were also named to Advertising Age's "Women to Watch" in 2012.^[8] In 2013, Crain's New York Business included Beauchamp in their annual "30 Under 30" list.^[9]

In February 2020, Beauchamp announced that Birchbox would be laying off 25% of its global workforce including half of its New York City-based staff. This followed an earlier round of layoffs in 2016 when the company shed 12% of its worldwide headcount.^[10] Birchbox was acquired by Retention Brands in May 2023 in lieu of declaring bankruptcy. Despite it's reported valuation of close to $1B, under Beauchamp's leadership the Company was previously sold for only $45M to FemTech Brands in 2021. Birchbox and Beauchamp have become recognized one of the largest venture capital failures of the last decade.^[11]

Beauchamp met her husband, Greg,^[12] when the two were 10 years old^[8] and attending Dr, Green Elementary School in El Paso.^[2] The couple were engaged on the playground where they first met. The couple has four children: a son, Niko, twin boys, Guy and Alec, and a daughter, West Winter.^[13]