Jeff Durham is co-founder and CEO of Durham Brands — a family consumer packaged goods company. Its flagship brand, Gimme Beauty, is distributed in more than 25,000 retail locations across the U.S., including Ulta Beauty, Target, CVS, Walgreens and Walmart. The Gimme brand specializes in customized hair accessories and tools for unique hair types.
Durham also founded the CPGX Forum 12 years ago to bring together like-minded brand builders and executives across the consumer packaged goods industry. Participating brands have included Skullcandy, Traeger, PMD Beauty, Cotopaxi and Kodiak Cakes.
Prior to starting Durham Brands, Durham worked in innovation at Moen in Ohio, part of the $7 billion Fortune Brands portfolio. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Brigham Young University. His greatest joy is his wife, Heidi, and their six children, who love adventuring together.