Chris Ahearn

Senior media, financial, healthcare technology and beauty investor and operator with proven expertise in driving change by identifying, starting, acquiring, building and managing new businesses and products on a global scale. Currently Chairing two groups for TIGER 21 in Los Angeles and investing through Shashlik Capital. Chris led the recapitalization and turnaround of Kevyn Aucoin Beauty where he was the CEO - he negotiated the sale of the business to Manzanita Capital in January 2015. Chris previously served as President of Reuters Media, a unit of Thomson Reuters, in addition to sitting on the company’s executive and operating committee for its Markets unit. While at Reuters he oversaw the launch of its consumer media operations. Prior to joining Reuters, Chris was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan and was a partner in the e-finance unit called LabMorgan. He started his career at First Boston. Chris is a graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics. Chris resides in Santa Monica with his wife and children.