Trina co-founded FIGS in 2013 and serves as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board.
FIGS is a digitally native, DTC healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand creating technically advanced products for the modern healthcare professional. FIGS has revolutionized the large and fragmented healthcare apparel industry by branding a previously unbranded industry and de-commoditizing a previously commoditized product. Under Trina’s leadership, FIGS has created premium products for healthcare professionals, introduced a convenient and seamless DTC online platform, and built a community around a profession.
Trina’s accolades include being named in Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2018 & 2019); Endeavor Entrepreneur (Endeavor, 2015); and Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young, Los Angeles Region, 2018). Her article “Transforming the Healthcare Experience: Doctors, Nurses, Patients, and Beyond,” was published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology in 2017. Additionally, under Trina’s leadership, FIGS was ranked Number 21 on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing companies in 2018.
Since February 2024, Trina has also served as a member of the board of directors of Amer Sports, Inc., a global group of sports and outdoor brands, including Arc’teryx, Salomon and Wilson.
Prior to co-founding FIGS, Trina was as an associate at the Blackstone Group Inc., a leading global alternative investment business, in the firm’s hedge fund group. She began her career at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., where she spent four years in its investment banking and private equity divisions. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, graduating magna cum laude, and she completed her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She was also selected to join the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellows in 2018.