The founders met at their first corporate jobs working for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in New York where they brainstormed their idea.
[5] Prominent U.S. investors in Levo include Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, Susan Lyne, Chairman of Gilt Groupe, and Gina Bianchini, CEO of Mightybell.
[2] Levo granted its members digital access to mentors, a community of professionals, job postings, and live chats with business role models.
[6] In addition to its online community the group also operated 30 local chapters[7] worldwide to help its users to connect to opportunities offline.
[8] Levo was founded as Pretty Young Professional by four women who worked in the NYC office of McKinsey & Company: Caroline Ghosn, Amanda Pouchot, Alex Cavoulacos, and Kathryn Minshew, with an equity structure that reflected ownership by all (Minshew 7.1%, Pouchot 5.5%, Cavoulacos 4.4%, Ghosn 1.5%).