Emily Erkel

CMO & Co-Founder LePrix

Emily Erkel is the co-founder and CMO of LePrix, the largest wholesale platform for pre-owned luxury that empowers retailers to easily source and sell. A seasoned expert with over 15 years of luxury retail and resale experience, Emily focuses on strategy, marketing and partnerships. Prior to LePrix, she led Gap North America Strategy, working closely with the Gap executive team on initiatives. Before that, Emily was a strategy consultant for Accenture, where she advised large retail and ecommerce clients on strategy, international expansion and consumer insights to drive growth. In addition to retail consulting experience, Emily also worked in-house at CHANEL, where she led pricing strategy projects for both CHANEL’s wholesale and retail departments. While at Hermès, she created the sales strategy plan for North American stores. Emily has been featured on NPR's How I Built This on resiliency and Marianna Hewitt’s Life with Marianna podcast (2M+ downloads). She has also been a featured speaker on numerous panels including alongside Michelle Kwan and Lisa Ling for Let's Eat Together for AAPI Awareness and the keynote speaker for Affirm's Diversity Leadership Series. Emily earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and holds a B.S. with honors in Management Information Systems from Virginia Tech. She currently resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two boys.