e.l.f. Beauty Inc. (ELF) is productive, innovative and focused on its goals, and that's because its work force is comprised primarily of diverse, millennial women.
At least that's what Tarang Amin, e.l.f. chairman and CEO, told TheStreet in an interview recently after the cosmetics company reported a massive second-quarter earnings beat of 12 cents a share, compared to estimates for earnings of a scant 3 cents a share.
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Amin's statement comes after an Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOGL) Google engineer's manifesto against the tech giant's diversity efforts went viral. The main argument presented by the employee, who has since been fired, was that women are less suited to be engineers than men -- an argument that Google CEO Sundar Pichai swiftly denounced.
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e.l.f. reported revenue of $55.9 million for the three months ended June 30, higher than the $55.7 million Wall Street expected. The company reiterated its full-year guidance of a 24% to 28% net sales growth.
Here's a condensed and edited version of TheStreet's interview with Amin.
