SHARK TANK recurring guest star Emma Grede married her husband Jens nearly one decade ago.
Together, the two work on several successful businesses – including Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand, Skims.
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Who is Skims CEO Jens Grede?
In 2003, Swedish entrepreneur Jens Grede and his business partner Eric Torstensson launched a London-based creative agency called Saturday Group.
Before the launch, the two worked at the interior design magazine Wallpaper.
The duo worked as editors-in-chief at Man About Town before launching their fashion magazine: Industrie.
With collaboration efforts from supermodel Karlie Kloss, Grede and Torstensson launched Frame Denim in 2012.
Grede and reality star Kim Kardashian created her shapewear brand Skims in 2019; Grede is CEO, and his wife, Emma, is a founding partner.
Emma and her husband also work together on Khloe Kardashian’s fashion line, Good American.
Khloe and Emma worked together to inaugurate the size-inclusive clothing company in 2016.
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How did Jens and Emma Grede meet?
On November 2, 2021, Emma Grede took to her Instagram account to share an image of her and Jens’ newborn twin babies – arriving at them with the help of a surrogate mother.
“Welcome to the world our daughter Lake Holiday London and our son Rafferty Banks Kjell Grede,” she captioned the photo.
Months earlier, on July 28, Emma wished her husband a happy anniversary, stating the two have spent the last 13 years together – nine of them as a married couple.
While not much information on their relationship is publicly available, they reportedly met as business partners before falling in love.
Aside from their twins, Jens and Emma share Grey and Lola Grede.
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Is Emma Grede on Shark Tank?
At the start of season 13 of Shark Tank, Emma Grede began appearing on the show as a guest shark.
Emma is chairwoman of the 15 Percent Pledge, which asks retailers to reserve at least 15 percent of shelf space for Black-owned businesses.
She is the first Black female investor to be featured on Shark Tank since the show’s inception in 2009.
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