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TSG Consumer Partners

Fund · backs 1 company

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FM featured UAERetail

Huda Beauty

Dubai-based cosmetics brand that grew from false lashes into a global make-up line

$1.2bnValuation

Founders

FM featured UAERetail

Huda Kattan

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Founder and CEOHuda Beauty

Beauty blogger who turned a $6,000 lash launch into a $1.2bn brand, then bought it back

On Founding MENA

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The Women Behind Some of MENA’s Biggest Companies
Trendyol is one of Turkey’s biggest technology companies. Insider sells its software to more than 1,500 brands across 28 countries. Huda Beauty became a global cosmetics business, while Hepsiburada became the first Turkish company to list on Nasdaq.
8 Oct 2026

Stories

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How MENA Consumer Brands Find Customers Abroad
Huda Beauty began selling false lashes after Huda Kattan had spent years publishing beauty advice.
29 Oct 2026

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Huda Beauty: Huda Kattan
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