Jen Glantz
Entrepreneur
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Jen Glantz (born April 1, 1988) is an American entrepreneur and author best known for founding the business Bridesmaid for Hire.[1][2][3]
Jen Glantz | |
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Jen Glantz | |
| Born | April 1, 1988 Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | University of Central Florida (BA) |
| Occupations | Author, Entrepreneur |
| Partner | Adam Kossoff |
Early life and education
Glantz was born in Deerfield Beach, Florida on April 1, 1988. She grew up in Boca Raton, Florida with her parents and older brother.[4]
Glantz graduated in 2010 from the University of Central Florida with a bachelor of arts in journalism and English creative writing.[5][6]
Career
Glantz moved to New York City and worked for a tech startup as a copywriter.[7][8] In 2014, she offered her services as a bridesmaid for hire in Craigslist, a classified advertisement website.[9] This led to guest TV appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN and Fox News.[10] She left her copywriting job and worked full time as the CEO of her Bridesmaid for Hire business, training other women to be part-time bridesmaids.[11][12]
Glantz has authored several books[13] including All My Friends are Engaged in which she talks about the difficulties she had with dating and Always a Bridesmaid for Hire in which she describes moving to New York and the path she took to entrepreneurship.[14] After getting engaged herself, she created an interactive book “Finally the Bride.”[15] She has contributed articles to The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Yahoo, The New York Times, Brides, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, PopSugar, Refinery29, and Today.com.[16] In 2018, she started a podcast “You’re Not Getting Any Younger”.[5]
Glantz also works as a public speaker and career coach.[6]
Personal life
In 2019, she got engaged to Adam Kossoff.[17]
Works
- Glantz, Jen (2015). All my friends are engaged. New York, NY: Thought Catalog Books. ISBN 9780692527153.
- Glantz, Jen (2017). Always a bridesmaid (for hire). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781508228769.