For more than 15 years, Jennifer Hyman has been the CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway. For the last eight years, she’s also been a parent.
Doing both requires effort, says Hyman, but not the kind that involves waking up at 4 a.m., working late every night, missing kids’ sporting events or other commitments that some CEOs make. She wakes up at 7:15 a.m., eats breakfast with her three kids — and then works “like a maniac” at Rent the Runway’s office in Brooklyn, New York, so she can get home for family dinner, she says.
If Hyman has to miss family dinner — recently, she had to meet with an investor after work, for example — she reminds her kids that they’ll have to make those choices someday, too, she says.
“I’m certainly a working mom, and I think that’s incredible for my kids to see,” she says. “I’m constantly emphasizing to them … ‘I love my job. This …