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Arthur Gardner Smith
Founder & CEO
Reformation Hair
May 2026, SynBioBeta
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Arthur Gardner Smith is the CEO & Founder of [re]formation hair, a beauty-biotech startup reimagining hair straighteners sans the harsh chemicals that have been linked to serious health concerns including uterine cancer.
Arthur and his team are building a professional grade solution that provides targeted delivery to hair while limiting unwanted interaction with the scalp.
A Danaher former and a seasoned Fortune 500 innovation executive by trade, Arthur has served in senior leadership across an array of B2B technology & service businesses that cater to life science organizations and enterprise CPG brands, namely in beauty & personal care.
He is a seasoned operator having held roles of increasing responsibility across Operations, M&A, Sales & Marketing and Product. Arthur has a strategic vision on how to advance haircare through proven innovations in biotechnology, anchoring on a mission to serve the most elaborate use cases to better serve all.
Arthur has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSc. in Economics from The Wharton School. He is an avid traveler and enjoys spending time crafting his culinary skills on the weekends.
Arthur and his husband, EJ, live in Los Angeles, California.
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