Irys Kornbluth, Co-CEO of Everywhere US
Kornbluth is a bilingual entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience building companies to solve global problems. At Everywhere, she is focused on textile waste and enabling circularity in fashion to save natural resources and mitigate textile landfill waste and dumping. Previously, Kornbluth focused on creating economic access for marginalized indigenous communities in South America through textiles and design. While at Stanford, she completed thesis work on the growth of the Turkish textile industry and led university-sponsored fieldwork across Turkey as well as the United Arab Emirates. She grew up in a bicultural household on the San Diego-Tijuana border which has informed her work and contributed to her passion for doing business globally and particularly in Latin America. Her peaceful, disciplined, and highly creative nature has led her to excel as a business leader working on complex problems at the intersection of climate, social equity, and culture.