Wow, honored to win EYโs Entrepreneur of the Year Award in NYC last night!! Receiving it on behalf of the brilliant 300-person
@Peek
team & my cofounder
@oskarbruening
. Crazy to think how far weโve come from near death in 2020 to an $80M round a yr later & so much more to come ๐
Thrilled to announce
@Peek
โs $80 million Series C investment from WestCap & Goldman Sachs! With $2bn in bookings, weโre just getting started on our mission to connect the world through experiences ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐จ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ๐๐ฝ๐๐ด๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ป. Weโre tripling the team so come join us!
Delighted to share the news of our $23M Series B & partnerships! Thank you to everyone who helped us get here- our team (past& present), investors (welcome
@Cathayinnov
!) & supporters. It will help accelerate our mission to connect the world through experiences. p.s. we're hiring
.
@Peek
's COVID comeback. After hitting $1bn in bookings in Jan, we were at zero in Apr. With the tenacity & creativity of the thousands of activities businesses we partner with &hard work from our team, we recovered to help millions of Americans book fun, local experiences safely
Enjoyed visiting Italy w/ Brunello Cucinelli and talking about humanism, tech & how to make sure
@Peek
has a positive impact on the world. Promise no photoshopping in these ;)
Spoke to 12,000 pple about
@Peek
& entrepreneurship! Reminded everyone to have confidence in yourself (weโre often our worst critics), be willing to work harder than others & to stay persistent. Also pizza + choc+ >8hrs sleep = my best way to recover after the toughest days.
At home in the Big ๐. Itโs def getting some bad press these days, but Iโm excited to be here and be part of creating the new New York, post-pandemic and hopefully more energetic and vibrant than ever. Long live NYC๐ฝ
Happy New Year from ๐ฆ Patagonia! Here it turns from sun to rain in an instant, rather like life.I hope we all have lots of sunshine, laughter,joy & adventures in 2019. Plus the wisdom to accept rainy days,to see the bright side &stop to smell the roses. Esp when they match ur ๐
Each time I do long trips &get off the grid,Iโm reminded how lucky we are to be in an age where itโs so easy to see the most spectacular places on Earth&learn from incredible cultures. Now our responsibility is to preserve this for future generations.Also I like beaches.
#Palawan
Honored to be on the
@nytimes
Groundbreaker list! Great to see
@Peek
recognized as a groundbreaker in travel as we bring a $180bn mkt online & connect the world through experiences. Weโve powered 1.5bn hrs of activities & over $500m of bookings. So proud of the team! ๐ฒ๐งโโ๏ธโต๏ธ๐ฎ๐งฉ๐ณ
Goodbye Philippines - youโve been beautiful even in your stormy glory. Homeward bound and raring to go for a big 2018! Each trip always reminds me of how important our mission
@Peek
is - connecting the world through experiences.
Itโs International Womenโs Day & sadly over 2 million women lost jobs in 2020 due to the pandemic. Iโm donating 60 mins to mentor women in need of help & guidance. Reply here & Iโll share details on how we can connect. Join the effort to help us reach
#2millionmentorminutes
.
#iwd
Happy International Womenโs day! Itโs day for us to recognize the achievements of brilliant women everywhere, and to acknowledge that our opportunity is sadly still very unequal. I grew up in a conservative, deeply patriarchal Pakistani community where women like my mother.. 1/
Such a pleasure to speak
@siliconslopes
Tech summit - amazing to see over 10k pple & the burgeoning tech scene here. Our Utah office is hiring! Check out
Given the recent dossier news, let me be clear that these rumors are simply untrue. I never had a relationship with Boris Johnson. The Daily Mail had to take down an article suggesting otherwise some years ago.
Today
@thetimes
published an apology to me & a correction for their inaccurate and offensive reference to me in their recent article about Boris Johnson's private life.
Living that gaucho lifeโฆ. the turquoise of the lakes in Torres del Paine is created by the rock sediment left from the glacial erosion. Reminder that natureโs spectacular ๐๐
Magical hike to bring in 2023! Going through 23km of pristine lakes, meadows and rivers, to climb up to hanging glaciers (even saw a couple of small avalanches). Impossible to capture how beautiful it was on a glorious & unusually sunny day ๐๐
Grateful to share how
@Peek
is revolutionizing the $150bn tours & activities mkt at the first panel on the topic at
@Phocuswright
(biggest conf in travel). Mobileโs changed our mkt, like the hotel industry 20 yrs ago, as everything is coming online & big businesses will be built.
Today in Aug 2018, heโs no longer on probation, but hopefully unable to harm again. Iโm grateful the worldโs changed so much in 7 yrs, and for the
#metoo
movement giving voices to so many who felt powerless & alone. Now letโs not just survive, but letโs make sure we thrive. ๐ธ
Ice trekking on Petit Moreno glacier. Peered into insanely beautiful crevasses, surrounded by all encompassing natural beauty that made you look (and feel!) like ants. One of my favorite days ever! ๐๐๐
#experiences
Had fun speaking at Silicon Valley comes to the UK on building
@Peek
. Esp given my interviewer was Fatima Benkhaled, an electrical eng student at
@KingsCollegeLon
.Thx to
@reidhoffman
&
@scoutu
for bringing this together - excited to see the next gen of British entrepreneurs! ๐ฌ๐ง
Shared my tips on last minute vacations & fun things to do from
@Peek
with the delightful
@DanaPerino
today. Hope everyone can fit in some more adventures before the summerโs over! ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐จ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐
In July 2011 I walked into a police station alone to report my childhood sexual abuse. A year later, alongside another victim, I testified in a trial for a successful prosecution, and our abuser then served around 5.5 years of his jail term.
3am nerd out ๐ค- kicked off my heels to wander around the museum! Magical to see this Hockney alone in the dead of night & then after sunrise again.His work has a special place in my heart because he grew up 20 miles away from me in Yorkshire,in not very inspiring circumstances..