ACG WI: Lisa Sun, Founder & CEO, GRAVITAS

Lisa Sun founded GRAVITAS in 2012 as a “confidence company” that offers innovative apparel and styling solutions designed to makeover women from the inside-out. Two months after launch, her first collection was featured in O, The Oprah magazine, PEOPLE, and The TODAY Show. Since then, Sun and GRAVITAS have not slowed down, having been featured on CNN and in Forbes, Fast Company, New York magazine, Elle, Marie Claire, InStyle, and more. 

Prior to founding GRAVITAS, Sun spent 11 years at McKinsey & Company where she advised leading luxury, fashion and beauty brands and retailers in the US, Asia, Europe and Latin America on strategic and operational issues. At McKinsey, Sun was considered one of the firm’s top experts in the luxury and fashion space, Lisa published perspectives and gave keynote speeches at forums such as the American Express Luxury Summit.

Sun blends stories from her personal journey with data and experience-driven insights from her 11 years at McKinsey & Company to deliver compelling keynote talks on topics that include cultivating courage, entrepreneurial resilience, managing adversity, innovation, and business growth. 

She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with distinction in Biology and Political Science.