{"id":820,"date":"2026-06-05T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/exclusive-caliray-names-william-smolen-ceo-to-drive-next-phase-of-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:41:33","slug":"exclusive-caliray-names-william-smolen-ceo-to-drive-next-phase-of-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/exclusive-caliray-names-william-smolen-ceo-to-drive-next-phase-of-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Caliray Names William Smolen CEO to Drive Subsequent Part of Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCaliray has appointed William Smolen as chief govt officer, bringing within the magnificence trade veteran to assist lead the model\u2019s subsequent section of development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPrimarily based in Southern California, the clear magnificence model was based by City Decay cofounder Wende Zomnir, who stated the choice to carry on a CEO now was pushed by the model\u2019s evolution and the necessity for added management because the enterprise grows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe had grown the model and it was doing nicely, however I simply really feel prefer it was time to create some actual acceleration,\u201d she stated. \u201cI actually wished a accomplice that I felt like I may collaborate with, in order that there was an actual yin and yang form of feeling, and I actually discovered that with Invoice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe added that discovering somebody who may steadiness operational experience with an understanding of creativity was key.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:683px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/683)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">Wende Zomnir<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Caliray<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSmolen, whose background consists of management roles at The L\u2019Occitane Group, Make Magnificence and Wagwell, stated his focus will likely be on amplifying consciousness whereas preserving the model\u2019s id.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI feel she constructed a model with actual authenticity and credibility,\u201d stated Smolen, who will break up his time between California and New York. \u201cMy position is now about serving to scale the notice and that connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe model is at present carried in Sephora doorways nationwide and has expanded to 800 Sephora at Kohl\u2019s areas. Smolen stated Sephora will stay Caliray\u2019s main development engine, with plans to put money into creator partnerships, advertising, merchandising and sampling initiatives to deepen shopper engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhereas Caliray at present operates with a group of about 12 staff, Smolen stated the corporate is including expertise throughout digital advertising, artistic, operations and influencer help because it prepares for its subsequent stage of enterprise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:931px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/931)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-wwd-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smolen-William-headshot-v3.jpg?w=273\" alt=\"William Smolen\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smolen-William-headshot-v3.jpg?w=2048 3000w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smolen-William-headshot-v3.jpg?resize=136,150 136w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smolen-William-headshot-v3.jpg?resize=273,300 273w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"931\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">William Smolen<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Caliray<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/beauty-industry-news\/beauty-features\/caliray-william-smolen-ceo-wende-zomnir-1238994991\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caliray has appointed William Smolen as chief govt officer, bringing within the magnificence trade veteran to assist lead the model\u2019s subsequent section of development. Primarily based in Southern California, the clear magnificence model was based by City Decay cofounder Wende Zomnir, who stated the choice to carry on a CEO now was pushed by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Smolen-William-headshot-v3.jpg?crop=0px%2C1031px%2C3000px%2C1679px&resize=1000%2C563","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[660,664,665,103,667,661,666,663,662],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-carpet-fashion","tag-caliray","tag-ceo","tag-drive","tag-exclusive","tag-growth","tag-names","tag-phase","tag-smolen","tag-william"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}