Piera Luisa Gelardi
ABOUT PIERA LUISA GELARDI
Businesswoman who became the co-founder and executive creative director of the digital media company Refinery29. She also launched an immersive real-life funhouse of style, culture and technology called 29Rooms.
She earned her bachelor's degree in studio art from New York University .
She's been named one of Entrepreneur magazine's 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs.
She and her husband Philippe have a daughter named Viva.
One of her employees at Refinery29 is writer and editor Connie Wang .