Tony Olson and Webster Capital Support Women Founders
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Naturally Chicago extends its sincere thanks to Webster Capital for its role as a Visionary Partner of our Women's Leadership Retreat on September 18. Webster Capital is a Chicago-based family office with substantial equity interests in seven verticals, including SPINS, Tasseo, the natural products industry, and a newly launched EME (Experience – Memory – Emotion) division.
Webster Capital’s support played an important role in the Women in CPG retreat’s success. As a Visionary sponsor it provided scholarships for 10 women founders to attend the event.
“Women founders are a key driver in the natural products industry, and we were pleased to support them to attend this event,” says Webster Capital CEO Tony Olson, who is a familiar name to many in our Naturally Chicago community. He was a co-founder of Naturally Chicago in 2019 and was the CEO of SPINS, the leading provider of data and insights for the natural products industry, from 1999 to 2021. He continues to serve as SPINS’ Chairman of the Board.
Tony Olson, founder of Webster Capital and SPINS board chairman, is a co-founder of Naturally Chicago
We also want to recognize Webster Capital as a major partner of this year’s Salt and Light Coalition Radiate Gala, where their support directly benefits more than 200 survivors of sex trafficking per year by equipping them with trauma-informed job training, wellness/nutrition training, mentorship and more.
The Radiate Gala takes place at Chicago’s Drake Hotel this Saturday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dr. Izabel Olson, Salt and Light’s founder and CEO is Tony Olson’s wife.
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Additionally, Webster Capital has partnered with Salt and Light Coalition to create a microloan program which aims to provide small business loans to qualified graduates of the Coalition’s job training program.
With Webster Capital’s robust business platform — known for delivering exemplary products and services, much like those provided by SPINS for the past 25-plus years — this collaboration promises to create a sustainable support system for emerging business entrepreneurs. The company has two finalists this year and will announce the recipient at this year’s Gala.
Dr. Izabel Olson, founder of the Salt and Light Coalition, speaking at the organization’s 2022 Gala.