Glo Skin Beauty is under new ownership.
The clinical skin care brand, which largely sits in the professional channel, has been acquired by KYT Group, a consumer investment fund founded by industry veterans Kurt Kober and Michael Yanover.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
As a part of the deal, Kober, who has previously worked at The Honest Company and Clorox, will become the brand’s chief executive officer. Yanover, who was an early investor in Charlotte Tilbury and cofounded Haus Labs as the head of business development at Creative Artists Agency, will join Glo Skin Beauty’s board.
“Kurt and I were on the hunt for a special brand, and we had a thesis that we stuck to. We were interested in good quality product, because everything else is secondary to that. We were also looking [on behalf of] a more mature woman who is visible today — she’s a working woman, she’s a mom, she’s sometimes a spouse, she’s someone with a career, and she’s not being paid as much attention to as we would like,” said Yanover.
As it were, Gen X is still one of the most powerful consumer cohorts on beauty, and among the most overlooked. Early-stage brands have sought to cater to the demographic across categories, including hair growth brand KilgourMD, which nabbed investment from Willow Growth Partners in 2025.
“We’re also very operator-focused. We’re looking at companies that we can bring operator expertise to,” Yanover continued. “We also like live experiences, so we liked the whole idea of the professional channel.”
“We think that professional credibility is the future of beauty,” Kober added. “After the pandemic, the assortment of products got a lot more focused, they got a lot more multifunctional. Glo is well positioned for us to take advantage of its current portfolio, and then with select innovation.”
Moving forward, Kober is looking to grow the brand’s footprint geographically and distribution-wise.
“We’re going to focus on select markets and get deep in those markets. We want to show up where she feels seen,” Kober said. “This is not just a digital play. This is an omnichannel play, and how we engage with her in a two-way conversation. The role of content and e-commerce and digital commerce, and how that connects to physical experiences, will be where the footprint continues to grow.”
The brand is currently in 5,000 locations nationally, he said, “and we have the opportunity to hone what that looks like and get very purposeful.”
