DFA TO HONOR TARANG AMIN, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF E.L.F. BEAUTY, FOR LEADERSHIP IN INCLUSION AND EQUITY
Washington, DC (October 24, 2025) — DFA announced today that Tarang Amin, Chairman and CEO of e.l.f. Beauty will receive its 2025 Luminary Award, an annual honor recognizing a global leader whose vision and values are leaving a lasting legacy of inclusion. The award will be presented during DFA’s 2025 Annual Conference, Evolving Leadership: Building Human-Centered Cultures, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, in Washington, DC. Registration is open to the public and available here.
“Tarang Amin exemplifies the spirit of the Luminary Award through his unwavering commitment to embedding inclusion into the very fabric of e.l.f. Beauty,” said Manar Morales, Founder & CEO of DFA. “His people-first approach to leadership and his belief that business can be a force for good have made e.l.f. Beauty a global model for what’s possible when inclusion drives innovation and performance. From empowering teams to bring their full selves to work to inspiring other organizations to ‘change the board game,’ Tarang’s leadership reflects the best of what this award stands for.”
“This honor from DFA means a great deal because it represents the values our team lives every day,” said Amin. “At e.l.f. Beauty, we believe that if you have a diverse team and everyone leverages their unique superpowers the entire team is stronger. By embedding representation at every level, including the board, we are reflecting the diverse community we serve and creating lasting impact. Our hope is that this inspires other organizations to embrace inclusion as a driver of their success.”
Under Amin’s leadership, e.l.f. Beauty has become one of the fastest-growing and most inclusive beauty companies. Amin’s belief that inclusion is inseparable from performance has shaped a company culture that is both values-driven and results-oriented. e.l.f. Beauty is one of only five publicly traded companies out of 4,000 that is 67% women and 44% diverse*. However e.l.f. Beauty doesn’t want to be one of so few. Their “Change the Board Game” campaign has challenged corporate America to increase representation in boardrooms worldwide, while Amin’s commitment to access and equity has expanded opportunities across all levels of the organization.
Amin has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of e.l.f. Beauty since 2014. A purpose-driven and values-based leader, he has spent more than 30 years driving innovation and building high-performing, inclusive teams across world-class consumer brands. Under his leadership, e.l.f. Beauty has grown more than eightfold, and expanded into a multi-brand portfolio.
The DFA Luminary Award, launched in 2019, has been presented to extraordinary leaders including Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP; Susan Neely, President & CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI); The Honorable Tonya Parker, Judge Presiding 116th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas; Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Business; Tamika L. Tremaglio, former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association; and Barri Rafferty, CEO – Americas, Sodali & Co.
About DFA
DFA is a premier culture accelerator helping to lead change, humanize organizations, and empower people. For more than a decade, DFA has partnered with leading organizations to co-create the future of work by bridging the gap between policy and practice. Through our membership community, research, programming, and advisory services, DFA delivers practical, research-based strategies and measurable results for sustainable and inclusive culture change.
* Data retrieved from Institutional Shareholder Services, Board Composition Database, April 01, 2025.