Model and entrepreneur Hailey Rhode Bieber came up with a billion-dollar idea—and now cosmetics giant e.l.f. Beauty is paying that sum to acquire it. On Wednesday, e.l.f. Beauty announced it would acquire the Rhode lifestyle brand founded by Bieber, paying $800 million in cash and stock payable at closing, plus an additional potential earnout of $200 million based on Rhode’s growth over the next three years.
Bieber, who is married to singer Justin Bieber and is the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, launched Rhode in 2022. “Just three years into this journey, our partnership with e.l.f. Beauty marks an incredible opportunity to elevate and accelerate our ability to reach more of our community with even more innovative products and widen our distribution globally,” Bieber said in a statement.
